Inraoperative and Histological Visualization of Disrupted Vulnerable Plaques following Diagnostic Angiography of Moderate Carotid Stenosis

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(a) B-mode ultrasound with color flow Doppler image on the longitudinal display of the carotid plaque with irregular surface. (b) The transverse display of the plaque at the carotid bifurcation. (c) ${}^{123}\text{I}$-IMP SPECT transaxial slices of a patient with right ICA stenosis. MR angiography ((d) submental vertical projection; (e) lateral projection) with a hypoplastic or absent anterior and posterior communicating arteries.

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