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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2017 Feb 14;48(3):638–644. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015630

Figure 1. Examples of the arterial characteristics evaluated in this study.

Figure 1

Legend: Column A, Red Sirius staining. Top: Evidence of necrotic core separated from the lumen by a thin fibrous cap in the context of eccentric intima thickening. Bottom: Concentric intima hyperplasia without evidence of cholesterol deposition. Column B, Van Gieson staining. Top: Evidence of gap in the internal elastic lamina (arrow). Bottom: Duplication of the internal elastic lamina (arrow). Column C, H&E staining. Top: evidence of vasa vasorum (arrow) in the adventitia of an artery. Bottom: Evidence of confluent arterial calcification in absence of cholesterol deposition or atheroma.