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Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction
![Atherosclerosis](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/6352/full/px-endo-dysfunction-athero.jpg)
Atherosclerosis
This diagram depicts the progression of atherosclerosis in a blood vessel. In coronary artery disease, these atherosclerotic plaques build up in the coronary arteries and rupture may lead to ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.
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