Scanning Electron Microscopy of Macerated Tissue to Visualize the Extracellular MatrixMatthew K. Stephenson 1, Sean Lenihan 2,3, Roman Covarrubias 2,3, Ryan M. Huttinger 2,3, Richard J. Gumina 2,3, Douglas B. Sawyer 4, Cristi L. Galindo 2,3
1Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 3Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4Cardiovascular Institute, Maine Medical Center
Shown here is a method for visualizing extracellular matrix ultrastructure in decellularized cardiac tissues.