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. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31420554 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Narrowing and hardening of arteries
Term information
- UMLS:C4280569
- SNOMEDCT_US:38716007
- UMLS:C0004153
Strictly speaking, atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis ('hardening of the arteries'), although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in clinical jargon.
Term relations
- has part some (
increased amount and
characteristic of some atherosclerosis and
has modifier some abnormal)