thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls, involving plaque-like lipid deposition and thickening of intimal layers within arteries; progresses to narrowing of arterial lumens with fibrosis and calcification resulting in restriction of blood flow (Mammalian Phenotype Ontology, MP_0005338)
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1 genes associated with the disease atherosclerotic lesions in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD Gene-Disease Associations dataset.