Fig. 1.
Images from Verhoeff-Van Gieson-stained sections (×40) of coronary were used for morphometry using the cellSens software (Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan). (1) Luminal border, (2) internal elastic lamina, (3) external elastic lamina, (4) intimal thickness, (5) medial thickness. The inner green line marks the luminal outline, the middle blue marks the internal elastic lamina and the outer red marks the external elastic lamina for measurement of areas.