Figure 5
From: Magnetic targeting enhances retrograde cell retention in a rat model of myocardial infarction
Transjugular cardiac vein retroinfusion and its perfusion area in LAD-ligated hearts. After the ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, a wire with a properly bent end (A) and a tube were advanced to the left cardiac vein (B, C). The retrograde-infused Evans blue dye was distributed mainly at the left ventricular free wall (D), covering the infarcted anterior wall, as evidenced by a staining defect in triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining (E). Arrowhead denotes the anterior wall of the left ventricle.