Arterial Occlusive Diseases
| Definition: |
Diseases in which arterial vessels are partially or completely obstructed or in which the blood flow through the vessels is impeded. |
| Notes: |
IM for general or specific artery occlusion (as POPLITEAL ARTERY (IM) + ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES (IM)) |
| Previously Indexed: |
Vascular Diseases (1966-1972) |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Categories.
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Arteriosclerosis - Thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls. Atherosclerosis is the most common form of arteriosclerosis and involves lipid deposition and thickening of the intimal cell layers within arteries. Additional forms of arteriosclerosis involve calcification of the media of muscular arteries (Monkeberg medial calcific sclerosis) and thickening of the walls of small arteries or arterioles due to cell proliferation or hyaline deposition (arteriolosclerosis). |
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Fibromuscular Dysplasia - An idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries. Most commonly affected are the renal arteries; involvement of the axillary, iliac, basilar, carotid, hepatic and intracranial arteries have been reported. |
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Thromboangiitis Obliterans |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Definitions and Terms
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