Arteriosklerose AHA - Klassifikation
verbindliche Klassifikation der American Heart Association
AHA-Klassifikation
nach Stary et al. Circulation 5 (1995)
type | histological classification | lesion type | other terms |
I | initial lesion | early lesion | fatty dot or streak |
IIa | progression-prone type II lesion | early lesion | fatty dot or streak |
IIb | progression-resistant type II lesion | early lesion | fatty dot or streak |
III | intermediate lesion (preatheroma) | ||
IV | atheroma | advanced lesion | atheromatous plaque |
Va | fibroatheroma (old type V lesion) | advanced lesion | fibrolipid plaque |
Vb | calcific lesion (old type VII lesion) | advanced lesion | calcified plaque |
Vc | fibrotic lesion (old type VIII lesion) | advanced lesion | fibrous plaque |
VI | lesion with surface defect, and/or hematoma-hemorrhage, and/or thrombotic deposit | complicated lesion | complicated plaque |