Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several diseases of the blood or lymph vessels.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disease of the lympathics or blood-vessels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.
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- noun pathology Any
disease of theblood vessels .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts
Etymologies
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Examples
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Evidence indicates that soluble forms of amyloid-beta (Abeta) are vasoactive, which may contribute to cerebrovascular dysfunction noted in patients with Alzheimer's Disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Hans Dietrich 2010
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Instead, it resembles a form of human Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, that damages brain arteries.
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[25] Rosand J, Hylek EM, O'Donnell HC, et al. Warfarin-associated hemorrhage and cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a genetic and pathologic study.
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Location appears to be important: strictly lobular microbleeding suggests cerebral amyloid angiopathy, in which accumulation of amyloid protein leads to degeneration of smooth muscle cells and increases risk of ruptures and hemorrhages.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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Figure 2 Surgical specimens from the matrix of a hematoma associated with amyloid angiopathy.
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Clinical phenotypes of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
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Although the benefits of anticlotting medications in patients at risk for MI or ischemic stroke outweigh any risks of bleeding, the researchers said, microbleeding risk may influence treatment for some patients, such as those with signs of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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When microbleeds occur in certain brain areas, they may indicate a type of small vessel disease known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy, in which the accumulation of amyloid (a protein often related to Alzheimer's disease) causes degeneration of smooth muscle cells and increases the susceptibility of blood vessels to ruptures and hemorrhages.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) refers to the deposition of b - amyloid in the media and adventitia of small - and mid-sized arteries (and less frequently, veins) of the cerebral cortex and the leptomeninges.
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"Nevertheless, it may be that in selected persons (e.g., those with signs of cerebral amyloid angiopathy), this risk-benefit ratio may differ for certain drugs (e.g., aspirin), thus influencing treatment decision," they conclude.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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