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DictionarySeeatheromaatherosclerotic plaque
atherosclerotic plaque The core lesion of atherosclerosis, beginning as a fatty streak (an ill-defined yellow lesion, or fatty plaque), which develops well-demarcated edges that evolve to fibrous plaques (whitish lesions with a grumous lipid-rich core). With time, it becomes a complicated plaque composed of WBCs, smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix in larger artery intimas.atherosclerotic plaque Cardiology The core lesion of atherosclerosis; it begins as a fatty streak, an ill-defined yellow lesion–fatty plaque, which develops well-demarcated edges that evolve to fibrous plaques, whitish lesions with a grumous lipid-rich core which, with time, becomes a complicated plaque composed of WBCs, smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix in large artery intimas. See Complicated plaque. Atherosclerotic plaqueA deposit of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the artery wall.Mentioned in: Atherectomy |