Pathology 2420A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thrombus, Vasoconstriction, Unstable Angina
31 Oct 2016
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Aneurysm - an abnormal outpouching of an artery, a vein, or the heart formed as a result of a weakening of the vessel wall. Arrhythmia - abnormal heart rhythm; may be an abnormality of rate, regularity, site of impulse origin, or sequence of activation: also see dysrhythmia - the term arrhythmia is used even for abnormal, but regular rhythms. Atheromatous plaque - the characteristic lesion of atherosclerosis which consists of a "fibrous cap" of connective tissue, and a necrotic core (the. "atheroma"); also known as a "fibrofatty plaque" or just plain "plaque". Atherosclerosis - a disease of large and medium-sized arteries. It is characterized by the formation of fibrofatty deposits in the intimal layer of arteries called "atherosclerotic plaques". Chronic ischemic heart disease - refers to the condition in which patients with severe coronary atherosclerosis suffer the symptoms of ihd repeatedly and chronically, often due to multiple severe narrowings in their coronary arteries.
