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From: Neovascularization of coronary tunica intima (DIT) is the cause of coronary atherosclerosis. Lipoproteins invade coronary intima via neovascularization from adventitial vasa vasorum, but not from the arterial lumen: a hypothesis

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From: Nakashima Y, Fujii H, Sumiyoshi S, Wight TN, Sueishi K. Early human atherosclerosis: accumulation of lipid and proteoglycans in intimal thickenings followed by macrophage infiltration. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2007; 27(5):1159–1165. Arrowheads indicate internal elastic lamina. Reproduced with permission from the Publisher. Copyright © 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health.

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