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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2014 Jun 6;114(12):1867–1879. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302699

Table 1.

Characteristics of Atherosclerotic Plaques Associated with Rupture and Thrombosis.

Thin fibrous cap128
Large lipid/necrotic core128
Many intimal inflammatory cells128
Few smooth muscle cells in the fibrous cap6, 128
Outward remodeling (compensatory enlargement)129
Spotty or microscopic calcification130