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Figure 3 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Figure 3

From: Transplant of stunned donor hearts rescued by pharmacological stress echocardiography: a “proof of concept” report

Figure 3

The donor heart unsuitable for transplant of Figure  2 . A) Macroscopic aspect of donor heart. B) Fibro-lipidic plaque narrowing (≈90%) the lumen of left anterior coronary artery (Mallory trichrome stain; original magnification 25x); in the inset, the corresponding macroscopic sample. C) Focus of myocardial coagulative necrosis (arrow) in the left ventricle (Hematoxylin-Eosin stain; original magnification 200x). D) Subendocardial coagulative myocytolysis (arrow) in the septal myocardium (Hematoxylin-Eosin stain; original magnification: 400x).

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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