Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries in which cholesterol
is deposited in the vessel wall, resulting in narrowing and
eventual impairment of blood flow. Severely restricted blood flow
in the arteries to the heart muscle leads to symptoms such as chest
pain. Atherosclerosis does not produce symptoms until blood flow is
impaired.
Review Date: 06/01/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
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