In regards to "atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis"
Abstract
This material is a scientific opinion about the term «atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis». This term is very often used in practice of russian physicians, while it has no morphological and clinical manifestations. It is noted that the presence of diffuse myocardial fibrosis, usually substituted by the term «atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis» is not associated with coronary heart disease, but rather with arterial hypertension. The authors note that the term «atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis» even is not present in the official classification of diseases (ICD-10), and offer to abandon completely it as physicians and pathologists.
Keywords:satherosclerotic cardiosclerosis, diffuse myocardial fibrosis, ICD-10
Cardiology: News, Opinions, Training. 2018; 6 (4): 59-61. doi: 10.24411/2309-1908-2018-14009.