Targeting Nanostrategies for Imaging of Atherosclerosis

Figure 3

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of a cross section of a human AP showing (a) lipid droplets of different sizes, surrounded by calcium deposits (red arrows) and dispersed in the fibrinous reticulum. (b) Interspersed cholesterol crystals (C and black lines). (c) Damaged tunica intima (yellow arrow heads) showing the absence of endothelial cells, as observed in SEM imaging.

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