Heart Education Awareness Resource and Training through eLearning (HEARTe)

Coronary artery plaque

medical diagram with cutaways of blood vessels showing increasing formation of cholesterol plaque over time: see view text alternative for details

Artery showing formation of cholesterol plaque over time.

No clinical symptoms: Increasing problems such as angina, arterial disease or MI:
  • Normal artery
  • Artery with fatty streak
  • Artery with fibrous plaque
  • Artery with atherosclerotic plaque
  • Artery with ruptures, ulcerated plaque and thrombosis

Page last reviewed: 08 Jun 2020