Code | Name | Alternative Name | Description |
PH1101 | Aorta | | the large arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body |
PH1102 | Arterial thrombus, recent | | a recently formed blood clot in an artery |
PH1103 | Arteriosclerosis, medial, femoral artery | | a chronic disease in which muscle and elastic fibres are replaced by fibrous tissue; here affecting the main artery in the thigh |
PH1104 | Artery | | tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
PH1105 | Artery, superior mesenteric | | a large artery that arises from the aorta and supplies the greater part of the small intestine, the cecum, the ascending colon, and the right half of the transverse colon |
PH1106 | Atheroma, aorta | | an abnormal fatty deposit in the aorta |
PH1107 | Atheroma, subclavian artery | | an abnormal fatty deposit in subclavian artery (large artery that passes to the upper arm) |
PH1108 | Atherosclerosis, artery | | disease of wall of artery where inner layer thickens, causing a decrease in the capacity of the artery to transport blood |
PH1109 | Calcification of artery | | abnormal deposits of calcium in an artery |
PH1110 | Cardiac muscle | heart muscle | the principal tissue in the heart wall |
PH1111 | Endocarditis, subacute bacterial, aortic valve | | inflammation of the valve separating the aorta from the left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle |
PH1112 | Fatty degeneration, heart muscle | | abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells of the heart muscle |
PH1113 | Hypertrophy, heart muscle | | enlarged heart muscle |
PH1114 | Mitral valve, recent and older vegetations | | roughenings on one of heart valves usually as a result of acute rheumatism |
PH1115 | Myocardial fibrosis | | heart muscle scarred from chronic disease |
PH1116 | Myocardial infarct, old and recent | heart attack | tissue of the heart muscle has died and is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of oxygen to that area |
PH1117 | Myocarditis | | inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart |
PH1118 | Myoxma | | a primary heart tumour; this is uncommon as most heart tumours have spread from elsewhere in the body |
PH1119 | Post-hypertensive sclerosis, peripheral artery | | hardening of a peripheral artery as a result of high blood pressure |
PH1120 | Rheumatic endocarditis, mitral valve | | inflammation of the inner most lining of the heart cavities and mitral valve |
PH1121 | Syphilis, basilar artery | | syphilitic changes in the artery that supplies the pons, cerebellum, posterior part of the cerebrum, and the inner ear |
PH1122 | Temporal arteritis | | inflammation of the arteries |
PH1123 | Thrombosis, septic, sigmoid sinus | | a blood clot with putrefaction within a blood vessel in the sigmoid sinus cavity (skull) |
PH1124 | Vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis on steroids | | inflammation of blood vessels; a symptom sometimes associated with rheumatoid arthritis |
PH1125 | Vein | | a tube carrying blood from the capillaries towards the heart |
PH1126 | Vena Cava | | two large veins which take deoxygenated blood into the right atrium of heart for delivery to the lungs |
PH1127 | Venous thrombosis, muscle | | a blood clot in a vein in a muscle |
