Hearts with and without adhesions (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Hearts with and without adhesions

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Left: a rat heart treated with the hydrogel post-op after two weeks shows no adhesions. Right: the control heart that was no treated, after two weeks has severe adhesions, attaching the heart tissue to the rib cage.

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