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Figure 1 Histologic assessment of stented blood vessels from a control animal (Number 1) (A) and an abciximab-treated animal (Number 5) (B). Some of the cut stent struts (S) remain in the sections (black rectangles) and in some areas the spaces occupied by the stent struts can be identified (unoccupied rectangles). Sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Left column is x12.5 magnification, the center column x100 magnification and the right column is x400 magnification. E/F = erythrocytes and fibrin; L = leukocytes; M = smooth muscle in the media of the blood vessel; P = platelet thrombi.