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Figure 1 (A) This image is an example of an unenhanced carotid artery ultrasound image. (B) After an intravenous injection of an ultrasound contrast agent, the carotid artery lumen appears echodense (white) revealing an ulcerative plaque along the far wall. The presence of the ulcer was not clearly defined in the previous unenhanced ultrasound examination.
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