Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Vascular Malformations
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Vascular Malformations

Preferred term

Vascular Malformations  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Scope note

  • A spectrum of congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities in BLOOD VESSELS that can adversely affect the normal blood flow in ARTERIES or VEINS. Most are congenital defects such as abnormal communications between blood vessels (fistula), shunting of arterial blood directly into veins bypassing the CAPILLARIES (arteriovenous malformations), formation of large dilated blood blood-filled vessels (cavernous angioma), and swollen capillaries (capillary telangiectases). In rare cases, vascular malformations can result from trauma or diseases.

History note

  • 2008

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054079

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/9/07