Aorta - Atherosclerosis With Fatty Streak

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Encircle the fatty streak. What is its significance? Is a fatty streak the earliest grossly recognizable finding of atherosclerosis?

At what age can fatty streaks be identified in most Americans? What color is it grossly? Why? Point out foam cells?

What kind of cells are they? Why are they foamy?

tags: atherosclerosis Self-learning Accumulations aorta streak angiosurgery

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