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Figure 8 Examples of human atherosclerotic calcification. (A) Microcalcifications identified by light microscopy within the lipid core of a transitional (type IV) coronary plaque (black arrows). (B) Coarse calcification seen in an advanced (type Vb) coronary plaque. Reproduced with permission from Stary HC. A Slide Atlas of Atherosclerosis Progression and Regression. New York, NY: Parthenon Publisher Group Inc., 1999.
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