Talk:Atherosclerosis

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Are Atherosclerosis and Arteriosclerosis the same thing?

Apologies if this is a naive question, but are atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis the same thing? According to the Mayo Clinic, they are not.[1]. They are covered by two separate articles in Wikipedia but it's not clear from reading the lede of these articles that they are not synonyms but are related. The names are quite similar and for some (myself included) it's easy to conflate the two. Could someone more knowledgeable about these subjects alter the ledes to avoid confusion? 80.41.95.252 (talk) 14:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Atherosclerosis is a specific type of Arteriosclerosis in which lipid core plaques build up against the artery walls. Arteriosclerosis is a general term that describes any type of hardening of the arteries. I found a good description of it in Robin's Basic Pathology [2] but I'm not sure if a textbook is the best source to link since it is not accessible to most readers. This is their definition "Atherosclerosis is characterized by intimal lesions called atheromas (or atheromatous or atherosclerotic plaques ) that impinge on the vascular lumen and can rupture to cause sudden occlusion." MrTeratoma (talk) 01:12, 6 May 2021 (UTC) ^[1][reply]

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^ Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC, Perkins JA. Robbins Basic Pathology 10th Ed. / [Edited by] Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster ; Artist, James A. Perkins. Tenth edition. Elsevier; 2018. Accessed May 6, 2021. https://www.elsevier.com/books/robbins-basic-pathology/kumar/978-0-323-35317-5

[1] Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC, Perkins JA. Robbins Basic Pathology 10th Ed. / [Edited by] Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster ; Artist, James A. Perkins. Tenth edition. Elsevier; 2018. Accessed May 6, 2021. https://www.elsevier.com/books/robbins-basic-pathology/kumar/978-0-323-35317-5

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