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Effect of helium-oxygen mixture on myocardiac mitochondria of the rat
T Slubowski1, W Barańska, E Sokołowski
1Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
Ultrastructural and stereological analysis of mitochondria of myocardiac cells from rats was performed after 2-hour breathing of helium-oxygen mixture. The following changes were observed in the cells of experimental animals as compared with the control ones: swelling of mitochondria, increase of the mean volume fraction of these structures and decrease of axial ratio of mitochondria.