[Lung changes by experimentally induced cholesterol atheromatosis (author's transl)].

Rabbits developed after feeding with cholesterol and sunflower oil atheromatous changes. Pulmonary arteries exhibit in contrast to the aorta 1/5 of the intensity of atheromatous lesions. Atheroma were only seen in large and medium-sized pulmonary arteries with a twofold intensity in upper lobes in contrast to the lower lobes.