Figure 6.

Light microscopy photomicrographs depicting aortic sections of rabbits. Aortic sections were fixed and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain. Images were captured at 200× magnification. (a) Control: normal aorta with intact endothelium; (b) High cholesterol diet (HCD): Endothelial cell atrophy with subendothelial inflammation and foamy histeocyte infiltrate (arrows); (c). HCD: Edema and mild fibrosis in the tunica media; (d) HCD-SFN: Very mild edema dissecting the tunica media. (A color version of this figure is available in the online journal.)