6 research outputs found

    Contractility, afterload and ventriculoarterial coupling.

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    <p>End-systolic elastance (Ees, A), arterial elastance (Ea, B) at baseline and after total aortic arch replacement; and relative changes of ventriculoarterial coupling (VAC, C) in the prosthesis and decellularized allograft groups. All values are given as means ± SEM, *:P<0.05 vs. Baseline</p

    ECM composition of aortic arch samples.

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    <p>HE stain, Masson's Trichrome stain and Movat's Pentachrome stain show complete preservation of the ECM after the decellularization procedure of aortic arch specimens. Bars, 50 µm. Masson's Trichrome stain: cytoplasm (red), collagen (blue), nuclei (dark brown). Movat's Pentachrome stain: nuclei (dark purple to black), elastic fibres (purple to black), collagen (yellow), glycosaminoglycans (green), mucin (blue), cytoplasm (pink to brownish-red).</p

    Vascular impedance spectrum.

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    <p>Vascular impedance spectrum after total aortic arch replacement in a representative animal of the prosthesis (A) and decellularized allograft group (B). Input impedance (RIN, C), and characteristic impedance (Z, D) at baseline and after total aortic arch replacement in both groups. All values on panels C and D are given as means ± SEM, *:P<0.05 vs. Baseline, #:P<0.05 vs. Prosthesis</p
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