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Major breaks in the external elastic lamina (EEL) assessed using longitudinal sections. The breaks are highlighted with red ellipses, and the number of breaks is shown on the left. Verhoeff-Van Gieson (VVG) stain: elastin is black, collagen is red, smooth muscle is brown. The scale bars at the bottom left corner of each section represent 500μm.
