Description
thromboangiitis obliterans: Buerger disease, also known as thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), is a rare inflammatory non-necrotizing vascular disease affecting the small- and medium-sized arteries and veins of the upper and lower extremities characterized by endarteritis and vaso-occlusion due to occlusive thrombus development. The development and progression of the disease is consistently associated with exposure to tobacco.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
I9_OTHPER |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: I73, ICD-9: 443, ICD-8: 443 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: I73, ICD-9: 443, ICD-8: 443 |
| Include |
I9_THROMBANG |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology