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Clinical History: A
65 year old male with history of left ventricular
assisted device two years ago, coronary artery diseas
and hypertension.
Histology: Figure A
shows coronary artery atherosclerosis with dystrophic
calcifications on upper left hand side of the figure A
(Calcifications appear bluish on H&S staining). There is
>90% occlusion of the lumen (lumen shown by the arrow).
Figure C shows the endothelial lining of the lumen. The
fibrosis is confirmed by trichrome staining in Figures B
and D. All these finding are consistent with
severe coronaryartery disease |
