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Figure 4 Cross-sectional examples of identical vascular sites in the left anterior descending artery 3.5 and 4.5 years after heart transplantation. Note compensatory enlargement of vascular cross-sectional area (characterized by the echolucent zone of the lamina elastica externa) maintaining a constant vessel lumen despite an increase in plaque mass.
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