Direct surgical treatment and sympathectomy in obliterative arterial disease from arteriosclerosis.
1959
J H HARRISON
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D001161
Arteriosclerosis
Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.
Arterioscleroses
D013562
Sympathectomy
The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes.
Pathological processes involving any of the BLOOD VESSELS in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.