atherosclerotic plaque

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Atherosclerotic plaque

A deposit of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the artery wall.

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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.

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