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Fig. 3 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fig. 3

From: Keeping the heart empty and beating: an alternative technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery

Fig. 3

Representative Western blots (A) and the results of quantitative analysis (B) of LV myocardial tissue after operations. Western blot analysis was carried out to determine the expression of cTnI, cTnT, SM-MHC, PARP4 and Casapase-3. GAPDH was used as a control reference. Data are reported as mean ± S.D. for three independent experiments (*, P < 0.05, **, P < 0.01, ***, P < 0.001; unpaired Student’s t test). Abbreviations: cTnI, Troponin I; cTnT, Troponin T; SM-MHC, smooth muscle myosin heavy chain; NHSP, normothermic hyperkalemic simultaneous blood perfusion; NNSP, normothermic normokalemic simultaneous blood perfusion

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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