Biomaterial Database

[Arteriosclerosis obliterans]. 1993

M Kitatani, and H Mabuchi, and K Ueda

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine.

Arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) has become one of major health problems in the elderly people in Japan. This paper reviews the recent progress in the diagnosis and treatment of ASO. Both medical and surgical treatments, such as atherectomy catheters, endovascular metallic stenting, laser angioplasty and LDL-apheresis have recently been greatly developed. As atherosclerosis is a generalised disease, patients with ASO tend to have other atherosclerotic diseases, i.e., cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease and renal vascular disease. For the selection of treatments, we have to consider the whole background of the patients, including a quality of life.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001795	Blood Pressure Determination	Techniques used for measuring BLOOD PRESSURE.	Blood Pressure Determinations,Determination, Blood Pressure
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001162	Arteriosclerosis Obliterans	Common occlusive arterial disease which is caused by ATHEROSCLEROSIS. It is characterized by lesions in the innermost layer (ARTERIAL INTIMA) of arteries including the AORTA and its branches to the extremities. Risk factors include smoking, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, and HYPERTENSION.	Obliterans, Arteriosclerosis
D013817	Thermography	Imaging the temperatures in a material, or in the body or an organ. Imaging is based on self-emanating infrared radiation (HEAT WAVES), or on changes in properties of the material or tissue that vary with temperature, such as ELASTICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; or LUMINESCENCE.	Temperature Mapping,Mapping, Temperature,Mappings, Temperature,Temperature Mappings
D015607	Stents	Devices that provide support for tubular structures that are being anastomosed or for body cavities during skin grafting.	Stent
D016342	Angioplasty, Laser	A technique utilizing a laser coupled to a catheter which is used in the dilatation of occluded blood vessels. This includes laser thermal angioplasty where the laser energy heats up a metal tip, and direct laser angioplasty where the laser energy directly ablates the occlusion. One form of the latter approach uses an EXCIMER LASER which creates microscopically precise cuts without thermal injury. When laser angioplasty is performed in combination with balloon angioplasty it is called laser-assisted balloon angioplasty (ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED).	Laser Angioplasty,Angioplasties, Laser,Laser Angioplasties
D017073	Atherectomy	Endovascular procedure in which atheromatous plaque is excised by a cutting or rotating catheter. It differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures which enlarge vessels by dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than by an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ENDARTERECTOMY.	Percutaneous Atherectomy,Percutaneous Transluminal Atherectomy,Transluminal Atherectomy,Atherectomies,Atherectomies, Percutaneous,Atherectomies, Percutaneous Transluminal,Atherectomies, Transluminal,Atherectomy, Percutaneous,Atherectomy, Percutaneous Transluminal,Atherectomy, Transluminal,Percutaneous Atherectomies,Percutaneous Transluminal Atherectomies,Transluminal Atherectomies,Transluminal Atherectomies, Percutaneous,Transluminal Atherectomy, Percutaneous