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Table 1 Histological scoring parameters used to semi-quantify myocardial slices.

From: Reduction of Cardiac Cell Death after Helium Postconditioning in Rats: Transcriptional Analysis of Cell Death and Survival Pathways

Parameter

Score

Quantitative value

1. Contraction bands/coagulation necrosis

0

Absent

 

1

1%–10% of cardiomyocytes

 

2

11%–50% of cardiomyocytes

 

3

51%–100% of cardiomyocytes

2. Interstitial edema

0

Absent

 

1

Present

3. Granulocyte infiltration

0

Absent

 

1

Present

4. Platelet aggregates/thrombi

0

Absent

 

1

Present

5. Extravasation of red blood cells

0

Absent

 

1

Present