Definition of "atheroma" []

• A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery. (noun)

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• "Although the primary endpoint (change in percent atheroma volume) was not different between rimonabant and placebo, other measures of atherosclerosis appeared to change favourably."
• "That seems a rather unscientific conclusion, given that they observed zero effect on the most important measurable quantity clinical events, and a small effect on atheroma volume, even in the face of significant modification of lipid parameters resulting from statin therapy."
• "Second, reading the study carefully one finds that what the authors call the PAV (percent atheroma volume) actually increases with statin therapy (This is a measurement of the amount of the vascular wall that is composed of atheroma)."