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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Arterial Occlusive Diseases > Arteriosclerosis

Preferred term

Arteriosclerosis

Topical Descriptor

Arterial Occlusive Diseases

general; prefer specifics; do not confuse with ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS

Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.

History note

1964

valtimonkovettumistauti

Finnish
arteriosclerosis
arterioskleroosi
valtimokovettumatauti
valtimonkovettumatauti
valtimorappeuma
valtimotauti
Arterioskleros

Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001161

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