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Descriptor English: Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Atrapamiento de la Arteria Poplítea
Descriptor síndrome de atrapamiento de la arteria poplítea
Entry term(s) atrapamiento de la arteria poplítea
Scope note: Atrapamiento de la ARTERIA POPLÍTEA en la PIERNA debido a un curso anómalo de la arteria, a menudo asociado al inicio del desarrollo o a un uso excesivo de los músculos gastrocnemio o poplíteo de la cara posterior de la pierna. Se observa con mayor frecuencia en corredores y otros deportistas con hipertrofia muscular de la pantorrilla, que causa compresión de la ARTERIA POPLÍTEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome do Aprisionamento da Artéria Poplítea
Descriptor French: Le syndrome de l'artère poplitée piégée
Entry term(s): Artery Entrapment, Popliteal
Entrapment, Popliteal Artery
Popliteal Artery Entrapment
Popliteal Artery Entrapments
Tree number(s): C14.907.137.671
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000083082
Scope note: Entrapment of the POPLITEAL ARTERY in the LEG due to an abnormal course of the artery often associated with onset of development and/or overuse of the gastrocnemius or popliteus muscles on the back of the leg. It is most often associated with runners and other athletes with enlarged calf muscle that compresses the POPLITEAL ARTERY.
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: Arterial Occlusive Diseases (1973-2020)
Popliteal Artery (1965-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
DeCS ID: 59367
Unique ID: D000083082
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Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/02/28
Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M000678517
Scope note Entrapment of the POPLITEAL ARTERY in the LEG due to an abnormal course of the artery often associated with onset of development and/or overuse of the gastrocnemius or popliteus muscles on the back of the leg. It is most often associated with runners and other athletes with enlarged calf muscle that compresses the POPLITEAL ARTERY.
Preferred term Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome
Popliteal Artery Entrapment - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000678537
Preferred term Popliteal Artery Entrapment
Entry term(s) Artery Entrapment, Popliteal
Entrapment, Popliteal Artery
Popliteal Artery Entrapments



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