The Protective Effect of rhBNP on Postresuscitation Myocardial Dysfunction in a Rat Cardiac Arrest Model

Figure 1

Representative myocardial tissue morphological injuries in the CPR + placebo (a) and CPR + rhBNP groups (b). Myocardial injury in the rhBNP group was reduced compared with the placebo group, as characterized by perivascular edema (green arrows), myofibril derangement (black arrows), and neutrophil adhesion (yellow arrows) to the vascular endothelium.

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