A Modified Approach to Induce Predictable Congestive Heart Failure by Volume Overload in Rats
Figure 4
Electron microscopy in rats 4 weeks after induction of an aortocaval shunt (right) showing a) fragmented nuclear chromatin (#), b) reduced size of myofibrils ( ), c) swollen mitochrondria (←), d) vacuolization (→), e) dissolved cell-cell-contacts with degenerative appearances (*) and f) immigration of phagocytic leukocytes (§).
Magnification: ×10.000.