Figure 3

IVUS images and analysis. A-C: IVUS images, distance between white dots =1.0 mm. A. Normal vessel with no intimal thickening; a. guidewire artifact b. IVUS catheter c. clear lumen d. lumen of parallel vessel. B. Analysis example; a. atheroma covering 3 segments of a 16 segment designation ~ 19%. C. a. Concentric neointimal ring of atheroma. D. Circumferential plaque length in each 15 mm of proximal, middle and distal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) at the time of adipectomy (survival, lower line) and at sacrifice (3 months later, upper line). Values are mean ± sem for 7 pigs. Asterisk indicates p < 0.05 between upper and lower proximal and distal LAD portions.