Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease or ASVD

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Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries and is characterised by the build up of fatty material within an artery vessel wall. Shown here is a healthy vessel with no fatty material compared to a vessel that does have atherosclerosis and where the artery wall has thickened.

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Anatomy Visible in the Medical Illustration Includes:

Atherosclerosis, artery, plaque, atheroma, fatty material.

Image created by:

Joanna Culley