Research Article
Antiatherosclerotic Potential of Clopidogrel: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Approaches
Figure 1
A cross section of aortic arch from hypercholesterolemic rabbit represented atherosclerosis progression (40). (a) Normal arterial appearance, (b) initial atherosclerotic lesion characterized by lipid laden macrophage (foam cells), (c) intermediate atherosclerotic lesion characterized by extracellular lipid pool, (d) advance atherosclerotic lesion characterized by core of extracellular lipid, and (e) complicated atherosclerotic lesion characterized by haemorrhagic thrombus.