TY - JOUR T1 - The lesions of atherosclerosis JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 31 LP - 40 VL - 52 IS - 1 AU - Russell Ross Y1 - 1985/03/20 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/31.abstract N2 - The speaker describes the formation of the lesions of atherosclerosis as a response to tissue injury and the resulting interaction between the endothelium, smooth muscle, monocyte/macrophages, and the platelet. When the nature of the lesions of atherosclerosis is better understood, prevention of sequelae such as thrombosis or infarction will be improved. ER -