1. Transmyocardial Revascularization Induces Mesenchymal Stem Cell Engraftment in Infarcted Hearts 
Uswa Shahzad, BHSc, Guangming Li, MD, Yaoguang Zhang, MD, Terrence M. Yau, MD, MS 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages (August 2012)
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2. Fig 1
Photomicrograph (200×) of (A) a section of a transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) heart and a (B) control heart. Nuclei of native cardiomyocytes are indicated with red arrows. Green fluorescence protein-expressing donor mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are stained brown and are indicated with green arrows. In panel (A), white arrows indicate a residual needle TMR tract. In the (A) TMR heart, donor MSCs are visible, clustered around the TMR needle tract. In the (B) control heart, donor MSCs are apparent but appear fewer in number and were not clustered together.
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3. Fig 2
Male donor mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) engraftment was markedly greater in transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) hearts than in control rats at both 3 days (panel A) and 1 week (panel B). Differences between groups were most pronounced at 3 days.
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4. Fig 3
Photomicrograph (200×) of a section of (A) a transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) heart and (B) a control heart stained brown for alpha-smooth muscle actin positive vessels. (A) The TMR hearts had greater arteriolar density than control hearts.
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