"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 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2006 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2007 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2008 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2011 | 22 | 9 | 31 |
| 2012 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 2014 | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2017 | 32 | 11 | 43 |
| 2018 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2019 | 37 | 8 | 45 |
| 2020 | 24 | 6 | 30 |
| 2021 | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 2022 | 43 | 1 | 44 |
| 2023 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atherosclerosis" by people in Profiles.
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Lipoprotein(a) and Risk of Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Risk Variability Among Human Clinical Subgroups. Nutrients. 2025 Apr 11; 17(8).
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Managing hypercholesterolemia in adults older than 75 years without a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: An Expert Clinical Consensus from the National Lipid Association and the American Geriatrics Society. J Clin Lipidol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 19(2):215-237.
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Foamy monocytes and atherogenesis in mice with combined hyperlipidemia and effects of antisense knockdown of apoCIII. J Lipid Res. 2025 Apr; 66(4):100763.
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Epigenome-wide association study of incident type 2 diabetes in Black and White participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetologia. 2025 Apr; 68(4):815-834.
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Early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jan 27; 32(2):100-112.
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How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Jan; 18(1):e015981.
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Clonal hematopoiesis-related mutant ASXL1 promotes atherosclerosis in mice via dysregulated innate immunity. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Dec; 3(12):1568-1583.
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Lipoprotein(a) levels in a population with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the United States: A subanalysis from the Lp(a)HERITAGE study. J Clin Lipidol. 2025 Jan-Feb; 19(1):28-38.
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Urinary Metal Levels, Cognitive Test Performance, and Dementia in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2448286.
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Protein Consumption and Risk of CVD Among U.S. Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Nutrients. 2024 Nov 02; 16(21).