0 a substance containing a lot of fat that forms on the inside wall of an artery (= tube that carries blood) and causes it to harden or become blocked -- damarların iç duvarlarının kalınlaşmasına sebep olan yağı içeren madde, damar tıkayıcı madde, yağ
It was long thought that a raising of blood pressure with age-partly due to atheroma-was part of the natural process of ageing in man.
Evidence that mild renal artery stenosis due to atheroma is common has accumulated.
As we cannot identify atheroma accurately in life, we have to rely on heart disease as a reliable marker.
The pulmonary trunk was thin-walled and dilated, but there was no evidence of rupture, atheroma or thrombosis.
The orifices of the coronary arteries were wide, with the main vessels dilated up to 0.6 cm in diameter and patent, with minimal atheroma and normal smaller branches.
Although these in themselves may not be enough to provoke loss of consciousness, their effects in combination with other co-morbidities, such as intra- or extracerebral atheroma, may.
The exact mechanism of atheroma formation in rheumatoid arthritis is unclear, but may be associated with the vasculitis observed in rheumatoid arthritis.
On average, life expectancy is reduced in rheumatoid arthritis by about five years and atheroma is a key contributing cause.
