We do these routinely on autopsies, normal heart appears dark blue
and the infarcted area reddish brown. If you are interested, I
could send you the method.

Louise taylor
SAIMR
JOhannesburg



On  7 Oct 98 at 8:13, Tim Morken wrote:

> I remember seeing something once about doing a succinic acid
> dehydrogenase on whole heart slices. That shows the infarcted areas.
> Can't remember the reference though. Try some of the muscle
> histochemistry books.
>
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 17:04:27 -0700
> From: Michael Manzer <mmanzer@cvdls.ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Stains to Demonstrate Heart Failure
> To: HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu
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> In addition to H&E, PTAH and trichrome stains, could someone
> suggest other stains used to demonstrate early signs of heart failure.
>
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