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. 2020 Aug 14;319(4):H835–H846. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00174.2020

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9.

Simulations of necrotic core development in a coronary artery (compare with Fig. 2). Simulations follow the same qualitative behavior as in Fig. 2. A: thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) turns into a thick-cap fibroatheroma (ThCFA). B: TCFA turns into a fibrous plaque. C: plaque cap rotates from 7 to 5 o’clock. D: transition from pathological intimal thickening to TCFA. E: ThCFA becomes a TCFA.