Here, we present a protocol to obtain high resolution micro computed tomography images of healthy and pathological large mammalian whole hearts with collagen-selective contrast enhancement.
Pallares-Lupon, N., Bayer, J. D., Guillot, B., Caluori, G., Ramlugun, G. S., Kulkarni, K., Loyer, V., Bloquet, S., El Hamrani, D., Naulin, J., Constantin, M., Dos Santos, P., Bernus, O., Jaïs, P., Pasdois, P., Walton, R. D. Tissue Preparation Techniques for Contrast-Enhanced Micro Computed Tomography Imaging of Large Mammalian Cardiac Models with Chronic Disease. J. Vis. Exp. (180), e62909, doi:10.3791/62909 (2022).