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Stenosis

A stenosis (from Ancient Greek στενός, 'narrow') is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture). A stenosis (from Ancient Greek στενός, 'narrow') is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture). Stricture as a term is usually used when narrowing is caused by contraction of smooth muscle (e.g. achalasia, prinzmetal angina); stenosis is usually used when narrowing is caused by lesion that reduces the space of lumen (e.g. atherosclerosis). The term coarctation is another synonym, but is commonly used only in the context of aortic coarctation. Restenosis is the recurrence of stenosis after a procedure.

[ "Diabetes mellitus", "Radiology", "Surgery", "Cardiology", "Internal medicine", "Tracheal Stenosis", "Doppler continuous wave", "Intracranial Arteriosclerosis", "balloon dilation", "Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis" ]
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