embolism, cholesterol

Preferred Label : embolism, cholesterol;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : atheroembolisms; embolisms, cholesterol; cholesterol embolisms; cholesterol embolism; atheroembolism;

Details

Origin ID

D017700;

UMLS CUI

C0149649;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Atheroembolism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Atheroembolism [ICD-9 code]
- Atheromatous embolism [PASCAL descriptor]
- Atheromatous embolus (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Cholesterol crystal emboli [MedDRA LLT]
- Cholesterol embolisation [MedDRA LLT]
- Cholesterol embolization [MedDRA LLT]
- atheromatous embolism [Radlex concept]
- atheromatous embolus [SNOMED Notion]
- cholesterol embolism [DO Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- atheroembolism [Disease (Nov.)]
DO Cross reference
- cholesterol embolism [DO Concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- embolism, fat [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- embolism, cholesterol [MeSH concept]
See also
- arteriosclerosis [MeSH Descriptor]
- blue toe syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- cholesterol [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Atheroembolism [ICD-9 code]
- Atheroembolism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Atheromatous embolus (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- atheromatous embolus [SNOMED Notion]
- cholesterol embolism [DO Concept]

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