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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Sep;4(9):1022–1039. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.020

Figure 2. Angioscopy Images Obtained From a Patient In Vivo.

Figure 2

(A) An example of a nondisrupted glistening yellow plaque with no evidence of red or white thrombus on the plaque surface. (B) A yellow plaque after rupture and subsequent clot formation: mixed thrombus of white and red color is observed on the surface, which has cotton like or ragged appearance and presents fragmentation. Yellow material detected in the thrombus has an irregular surface and is protruding into lumen, which may be the mixture of thrombus and lipid content from the necrotic core. This is a typical angioscopic image of an acute coronary syndrome culprit lesion. Figure courtesy of Yasunori Ueda.