Was ist Arteriosklerose?

Arteriosklerose bezieht sich auf eine Versteifung der Arterien.

Arteriosklerose ist ein allgemeiner Begriff beschreiben jede Härten (und Verlust der Elastizität) der mittleren oder großen Arterien (von den griechischen ArterioBedeutung '' Arterie cm und Sklerose, d. h. cm Härten cm)

Es sollte nicht verwechselt werden mit "Arteriolosclerosis" oder "Arteriosklerose", die im folgenden näher beschrieben werden.

Auch bekannt unter dem Namen "Myoconditis" ist veraltet und nicht mehr in der Regel verwenden.

Weiterführende Literatur

Arteriosklerose Typen

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