First, AAAs could be a purely local disease process confined to the abdominal aorta resulting from atherosclerosis. Second, aneurysms in the aorta may be representative of a systemic dilating ...

Atherosclerosis is a chronic ... 2019;8a] Less common manifestations of ASCVD affect the thoracic or abdominal aorta, the renal arteries or the mesenteric arteries. [Libby P, et al.

A common genetic pathway may account for increased risk for atherosclerotic disease in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain.

Atherosclerosis ... of a Teflon graft and a Starr-Edwards prosthetic aortic valve. The pathogenesis of aneurysm formation in this disease is briefly discussed. From the departments of Surgery ...