Harvesting Heart and Aorta and Preparation of Aorta
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Sectioning the Aorta
3:09
Staining and Quantification of Atherosclerotic Lesion
4:44
Representative Results
6:18
Conclusion
We describe procedures to quantify and characterize atherosclerotic lesions in mouse models using precision sectioning of the aortic sinus and ascending aorta combined with histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis.