Diseases

Atherosclerotic Plaque

Lesions formed within the walls of ARTERIES associated with deposits of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the artery wall.

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Abstract

Lesions formed within the walls of ARTERIES associated with deposits of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the artery wall.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Atherosclerotic Plaques
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic
  • Atheroma
  • Atheromatous Plaque
  • Atheromatous Plaques
  • Fatty Streak, Arterial
  • Fibroatheroma
  • Fibroatheromatous Plaques
  • Arterial Fatty Streak
  • Arterial Fatty Streaks
  • Atheromas
  • Fibroatheromas
  • Fibroatheromatous Plaque
  • Plaque, Atheromatous
  • Plaque, Fibroatheromatous
  • Streak, Arterial Fatty

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37 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2011; for FATTY STREAK, ARTERIAL use ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1963-2010; for ATHEROMA use ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1984-2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Atherosclerosis/pathology (1963-2010)

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Tree Number

  1. C23.300.823w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Atherosclerotic Plaque. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058226. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058226
  2. Atherosclerotic Plaque. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheroma
  3. Atherosclerotic Plaque. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1058276