atherosclerosis
animalian disease
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Summary
atherosclerosis is a class of disease[1]. atherosclerosis ranks in the top 0.46% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,870 views/month, #9 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease[3], arteriosclerosis[4], disease[5]
- Commons category: Atherosclerosis[6]
- Symptoms and signs: atheroma[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Atherosclerosis[8]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11]
- Has immediate cause: atherogenesis[12]
- ICD-9-CM: 440[13]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C35768[14], C35771[15]
- Different from: arteriosclerosis[16]
- Health specialty: cardiology[17]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: fluvastatin[18], clopidogrel[19], rosuvastatin[20]
- Genetic association: GRM8[21], RYR3[22], MAST4[23], ABI2[24], DNAH5[25]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1936[26], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1936[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[28]
- Risk factor: smoking[29], binge eating[30]
Why It Matters
atherosclerosis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] atherosclerosis is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]