Morphologic Characteristic of Coronary Artery Disease, with Emphasis on Thromboses, in Patients Younger Than 40 Years of Age
Figure 2
Acute erosion, without organization, Movat pentachrome. (a) Low magnification of a cross section of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The underlying intima shows lipid pools of pathologic intimal thickening with focal early atheromatous core formation. (b) Higher magnification of acute fibrin platelet thrombus, which is nonocclusive. Black material represents contrast agent inject postmortem.
