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At postmortem examination, tissue samples stained with isolectin B4, Masson trichrome, and hematoxylin-eosin were used to characterize injured myocardium. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed at 3 days and 8 weeks after infarction by using cine, tagged, and delayed enhancement (with gadoterate meglumine) sequences to measure global and regional LV function and infarct size. In six animals, cardiac-specific AAV- VEGF was injected into the periinfarcted and infarcted myocardium 1 hour after reperfusion. Of 16 pigs subjected to reperfused myocardial infarction, six were treated, six were controls, and four died during the ischemic intervention. Materials and Methods: All experimental procedures received approval from the institutional committee on animal research. Purpose: To prospectively investigate the long-term effect of adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector–encoding vascular endothelial growth factor gene ( VEGF) (AAV- VEGF) on left ventricular (LV) mass and volumes, as well as on regional contractility and circumferential strain, in a swine model of reperfused myocardial infarction.
