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Descriptor English: Embolism, Cholesterol
Descriptor Spanish: Embolia por Colesterol
Descriptor embolia por colesterol
Entry term(s) ateroembolia
Scope note: Bloqueo de un vaso sanguíneo por restos de depósitos ateromatosos ricos en COLESTEROL que suelen ubicarse en los puntos de paso de una arteria grande a ramas arteriales pequeñas. También se denomina embolización arterial-arterial o ateroembolismo, pudiendo ser espontáneo o yatrogénico. Los pacientes con ateroembolismo espontáneo suelen aquejar dolor y cianosis en los dedos, de aparición brusca.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embolia de Colesterol
Descriptor French: Embolie de cholestérol
Entry term(s): Atheroembolism
Atheroembolisms
Cholesterol Embolism
Cholesterol Embolisms
Embolisms, Cholesterol
Tree number(s): C14.907.355.350.454.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017700
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cholesterol (1966-1993)
Embolism (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Related: Blue Toe Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 31490
Unique ID: D017700
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2015/06/18
Embolism, Cholesterol - Preferred
Concept UI M0026764
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Embolism, Cholesterol
Entry term(s) Atheroembolism
Atheroembolisms
Cholesterol Embolism
Cholesterol Embolisms
Embolisms, Cholesterol



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