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Figure 2 Photomicrographs of cross sections showing the effect of local paclitaxel delivery on vessel shape eight weeks after intervention. A, Control animal after BD showing a characteristic eccentric plaque formation with marked intimal thickening and lumen reduction. B, Histological section 56 days after local paclitaxel delivery showing the effects of paclitaxel on proliferation and vessel enlargement. *Remains of the graphite-coated gold electrode that had been loosely attached to the adventitia during electrostimulation. Elastica van Gieson staining. Scale bars represent 300 µm.
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