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Figure 1 Representative Images of Conventional Intravascular Ultrasound and 2-Dimensional Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound Color-Coded Maps of Coronary Artery Plaques in Patients With or Without MetS

(A) Patients with (+) metabolic syndrome (MetS); (B) patients without (–) MetS. The percentage of lipid area and the percentage of fibrous area were 46.1% and 50.1% in panel A, and 12.1% and 80.9% in panel B, respectively. Blue = lipid pool; green yellow = fibrous lesion; red = high signal lesion.