Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Accelerated atherosclerosis
HP:0004943
What it means
Atherosclerosis which occurs in a person with certain risk factors (e.g., SLE, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, family history of early heart disease) at an earlier age than would occur in another person without those risk factors.
Rare diseases that can present with this4
Common30–79%
3The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Accelerated plaque build-up in arteries
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