carotid stenosis
MONDO:0001612Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names carotid stenosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A narrowing of the carotid artery lumen. It is usually caused by the formation of an atherosclerotic plaque. Symptoms are usually present when there is severe narrowing or obstruction of the arterial lumen and manifest as ischemic cerebrovascular accidents.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001612), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: carotid stenosis
- Also called
- carotid artery stenosis