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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Arterial Occlusive Diseases > Arteriosclerosis > Atherosclerosis

Preferred term

Atherosclerosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Atherogeneses
  • Atherogenesis

Scope note

  • A thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES that occurs with formation of ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES within the ARTERIAL INTIMA.

History note

  • 2006; use ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 1963-2005

In other languages

  • ateroskleroosi

    Finnish

  • arteriell, arteriovaskulär och vaskulär degeneration
  • arterioloskleros
  • arterioskleros
  • arteriosklerotisk kärlsjukdom
  • arteritis senilis
  • aterom
  • ateroskleros (åderförkalkning)
  • atherosclerosis
  • atherosclerosis non specificata
  • atherosclerosis universalis
  • deformerande eller oblitererande endarterit
  • generaliserad och icke specificerad ateroskleros
  • rasvakovettumistauti
  • senil aterit och endarterit
  • tukkiva tai deformoiva endarteriitti
  • valtimoiden haurauskovettumistauti
  • valtimoiden haurauskovetustauti
  • valtimoiden rasvakovettumistauti
  • valtimon aterooma
  • valtimonrasvoittuma
  • valtimonrasvoittumistauti
  • valtimorappeuma
  • valtimotauti
  • vanhuuden arteriitti tai endarteriitti
  • yleinen tai määrittämätön ateroskleroosi
  • Ateroskleros

    Swedish

  • Aterogenes

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050197

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