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Atherosclerosis

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A condition characterized by patchy atheromas or atherosclerotic plaques which develop in the walls of medium-sized and large arteries and can lead to arterial stenosis with reduced or blocked blood flow. [ HPO:probinson ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C4280569
  • MSH:D050197
  • SNOMEDCT_US:38716007
  • UMLS:C0004153
comment

Strictly speaking, atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis ('hardening of the arteries'), although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in clinical jargon.

definition

A condition characterized by patchy atheromas or atherosclerotic plaques which develop in the walls of medium-sized and large arteries and can lead to arterial stenosis with reduced or blocked blood flow.

has broad synonym

Plaque build-up in arteries

has exact synonym

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Narrowing and hardening of arteries

id

HP:0002621

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