Age is a major pathobiological determinant of aortic dilatation: A large autopsy study of community deaths

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Hamamatsu, Akihiko ^a,b   Chida, Kouji ^a   Mieno, Makiko Naka ^c   Ozawa, Toshio ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aginga; Aorta; Aortic size; Atherosclerosis; Pathology; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA DILATATION; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 79952413285     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.6528     Document Type: Review

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