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Figure 2 Thin intimal cap. (A) The OCT image. (B) The histopathology normal, native, in vitro human artery. The plaque is on the left, the relatively normal tissue is on the right. Bar is 500 µm. The most important feature is the shown by the arrow, where the intima is <50 µm in diameter. Reprinted, with permission, from Brezinski et al. (1).