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DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Lipid core
Adventitia
Medial VSMCs
(contractile phenotype)
The vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque
Lipid core
Adventitia
.
Atherosclerosis Timeline
Complicated
Foam Fatty Intermediate Fibrous Lesion/
Cells Streak Lesion Atheroma Plaque Rupture
Endothelial Dysfunction
From First From Third From Fourth
Decade Decade Decade
P T P T
Q Q
S S
Normal Exercise
condition
condition relative
obstruction.
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