MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Atherosclerosis
Tree Number(s): C14.907.137.126.307
Unique ID: D050197
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050197
Scope Note: A thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES that occurs with formation of ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES within the ARTERIAL INTIMA.
Entry Term(s): Atherogenesis
NLM Classification #: WG 550
Previous Indexing: Arteriosclerosis (1965-2005)
See Also: Chylomicron Remnants; Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 1963-2005
History Note: 2006; use ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 1963-2005
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Atherosclerosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025