The Immunologic Injury Composite with Balloon Injury Leads to Dyslipidemia: A Robust Rabbit Model of Human Atherosclerosis and Vulnerable Plaque

Figure 2

Macroscopic observation of atherosclerotic plaques area and staining with Sudan III. (a) Macroscopic observation of the whole aorta. (b) Representative en face Sudan staining of the whole aorta. (c) Percentage of the atherosclerotic plaques area in both groups. The Ratio of atherosclerotic plaques area to the whole aorta was 54±11% in CIB group, but no atherosclerotic plaques area has been detected in the normal group.

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