vascular stiffness

Preferred Label : vascular stiffness;

MeSH definition : Loss of vascular ELASTICITY due to factors such as AGING; and ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Increased arterial stiffness is one of the RISK FACTORS for many CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.;

MeSH synonym : stiffness, vascular; vascular stiffnesses;

MeSH hyponym : arterial stiffness; aortic stiffness; Arterial Stiffnesses; Stiffness, Arterial; Aortic Stiffnesses; Stiffness, Aortic;

Details

Origin ID

D059289;

UMLS CUI

C3178781;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Aortic stiffness [HPO term]
- Arterial stiffness [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- vascular stiffness [Disease (Nov.)]
Record concept(s)
- aortic stiffness [MeSH concept]
- arterial stiffness [MeSH concept]
- vascular stiffness [MeSH concept]
See also
- vascular calcification [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- blood vessels [MeSH Descriptor]
- vascular diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pathologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- vascular stiffness [Disease (Nov.)]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- arterial stiffness [Disease (Nov.)]

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