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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2011 Jul 14;44(13):2439–2445. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.026

Figure 3. Top view of exposed rupture interface and basal surface of delaminated plaque before (A) and after (B) a loading-unloading cycle.

Figure 3

The black tissue marking dye clearly outlines the newly-exposed rupture surface (grey) A1 and A2 on the vascular wall. After a loading-unloading cycle, a segment of the plaque (white) was peeled off the vascular wall, so there is more rupture interface exposed in B than in A. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.