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myointimal cell

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myointimal cell
cells of the muscle layer of arterial wall that migrate to a subendothelial site and are responsible for organization of deposits on the vessel wall.


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Different types of thrombi are described including (1) formed intraluminal thrombi (thromboemboli); (2) fibrin (fibrinoid) deposits within vessel walls, which may or may not propagate into vessel lumina (20,31); and (3) platelet-fibrin complexes that form within vessels with a disrupted wall or a lumen bridged by endothelial or myointimal cells that facilitate deposition of thrombus material and potential thrombus formation.
 
 
 
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