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Fig. 1 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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From: Smooth muscle cell sheet transplantation preserve cardiac function and minimize cardiac remodeling in a rat myocardial infarction model

Fig. 1

Representative pictures of cell sheet harvesting and transplantation. a; Cell sheet which was completely removed from temperature-responsive culture dish (35-mm diameter). Cell sheet shrinks into about 15-mm diameter. Scale bar = 10 mm. b; Cell sheet was put on a plastic sheet before transplantation. c; The cell sheet was applied face down onto the surface of the anterior scar. The plastic sheet was then carefully removed, leaving the monolayered cell sheet on the surface of the heart

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