"Atherosclerosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES that occurs with formation of ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES within the ARTERIAL INTIMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D050197
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.137.126.307
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2008 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atherosclerosis" by people in Profiles.
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Longitudinal Association of Olfactory Function with Frailty in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Mar 07; 80(4).
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Insights from autopsy-initiated pathological studies of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease: Part I. Atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2025 May-Jun; 76:107726.
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Poor Olfaction and Risk of Stroke in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Stroke. 2025 Feb; 56(2):465-474.
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Aspirin Dosing for Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Male and Female Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the ADAPTABLE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Sep 01; 9(9):808-816.
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Impact of aspirin dose according to race in secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a secondary analysis of the ADAPTABLE randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 08 07; 14(8):e078197.
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Insights from Murine Studies on the Site Specificity of Atherosclerosis. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jun 09; 25(12).
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Early Inclisiran Use in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 May 21; 83(20):1953-1956.
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Normative Values of Echocardiographic Chamber Size and Function in Older Healthy Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 May; 17(5):e016420.
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Obicetrapib on top of maximally tolerated lipid-modifying therapies in participants with or at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: rationale and designs of BROADWAY and BROOKLYN. Am Heart J. 2024 08; 274:32-45.
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MR Vessel Wall Imaging for Atherosclerosis and Vasculitis. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2024 May; 34(2):251-260.