The most important complication of atherosclerosis that may cause occlusion of small heart vessels is:
A) Ulceration
B) Thrombosis
C) Fatty streaks
D) Fibrous plaque
Ans: B
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Thrombus formations on complicated atherosclerotic lesions are the result of sluggish blood flow and turbulence in the ulcerated plaque region. Fatty streaks are preatherosclerotic plaque changes in vessels. Fibrous plaque is part of the atherosclerosis formation, not a complication of it.
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