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Figure 13 Atherothrombosis: a variable mix of chronic atherosclerosis and acute thrombosis. Cross-sectioned arterial bifurcation illustrating a collagen-rich (blue-stained) plaque in the circumflex branch (left) and a lipid-rich and ruptured plaque with a non-occlusive thrombosis superimposed in the obtuse branch (right). C = contrast in the lumen; Ca = calcification; T = thrombosis. Adapted from Falk E, Prediman S, Fuster V. Coronary plaque disruption. Circulation 1995;92:657–71.
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