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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Nov 2;80(24):e223–e393. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.004

FIGURE 22. Dimensions of Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers.

FIGURE 22

(A) Maximal aortic diameter at ulcer site diameter (from ulcer across to opposite aortic wall). (B) Depth of intramural blood pool. (C) Length of intimal defect at ulcer site. (D) Width of intramural blood pool. Adapted from Gifford et al,11 Copyright 2016, with permission from Elsevier, Inc., and from Cho et al9 Copyright 2004 with permission from the Society for Vascular Surgery.