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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Cardiol. 2009 Apr;34(4):145–217. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.12.002

FIG 2.

FIG 2

Schematic illustration summarizing the role of vasa vasorum in intraplaque hemorrhage of advanced atherosclerotic lesions. Red blood cells or macrophages can be detected after their dissolution by the iron deposits that remain in their place. RBC, red blood cells; M, monocytes; SMC, smooth muscle cells; VV, vasa vasorum. (Reprinted with permission from Langheinrich AC, Kampschulte M, Buch T, et al. Vasa vasorum and atherosclerosis—Quid Novi? Thromb Haemost 2007;97:873–9.)