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From: Analysis of fibrosis in control or pressure overloaded rat hearts after mechanical unloading by heterotopic heart transplantation

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Group design. Schematic overview of the study groups with the sham-operated control group (group 1; n = 10 survivors), the groups of animals that underwent TAC surgery for 3 weeks (group 2; n = 10 survivors) or 6 weeks (group 3; n = 8 survivors) and the groups of animals that underwent subsequent heterotopic heart transplantation with mechanical unloading (MU) for additional 2 weeks after sham operation (group 4; n = 3 survivors), after TAC for 3 weeks (group 5; n = 4 survivors) and TAC for 6 weeks (group 6; n = 3 survivors).

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