"Embolism, Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blocking of a blood vessel by CHOLESTEROL-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.
| Descriptor ID |
D017700
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.355.350.454.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Embolism, Cholesterol- Embolism, Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Embolisms
- Embolisms, Cholesterol
- Atheroembolism
- Atheroembolisms
- Cholesterol Embolism
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