arteritis

Pathology

• inflammation of arteries (also see vasculitis)
• inflammation is a factor in early atherosclerosis & its progression to myocardial infarction

Radiology

• positron emission tomography may be used to visualize arterial wall (investigational)

More general terms

• vasculitis
• arterial disease

More specific terms

• aortitis
• autoimmune arteritis
• classic polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
• endarteritis
• isolated (primary) central nervous system vasculitis (angiitis) (PACNS)
• radiation arteritis
• Takayasu's arteritis; aortic arch syndrome; pulseless disease
• temporal arteritis; cranial arteritis; giant cell arteritis; Horton's disease
• thromboangiitis obliterans; Buerger's disease