Fig. 5
From: An improved porcine model of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm
Elastic degradation and aortic calcification. Representative images of (A) Elastica van Gieson staining and (B) van Kossa staining for calcification of control and/or infrarenal AAA segments of pig and human aorta. (C) Number of elastic fibres per field of view, (D) length of elastic fibres per field of view and (E) amount of aortic calcification within the whole cross-section. Normality of data was tested by Shapiro–Wilk test. Significance was determined by unpaired student’s t-test for ctrl. vs. AAA (pig) and by one-way ANOVA followed by Tuckey post-hoc test for AAA data (pig vs. human). Scale bar as indicated. Data is presented as mean ± SEM. n = as indicated. L: aortic lumen. Fov: field of view.
