Hardening of the arteries; types generally recognized are: atherosclerosis, Mönckeberg’s arteriosclerosis, and arteriolosclerosis. Syn: arterial sclerosis, vascular sclerosis.
Origin
coronary arteriosclerosis
hyperplastic arteriosclerosis
hypertensive arteriosclerosis
medial arteriosclerosis
Mönckeberg’s arteriosclerosis
nodular arteriosclerosis
arteriosclerosis obliterans
peripheral arteriosclerosis
senile arteriosclerosis