title: [Long-term course of aortic arch syndrome caused by arteriosclerosis].
abstract: The course of the extracranially conditioned cerebrovascular disease is characterized by a worse prognosis in comparison with the average population of the GDR (11 years older) and by increased cardiovascular complication rate (every fifth patient suffered a myocardial infarction, every fourth patient suffered an apoplexy). Younger age of manifestation and increasing number of concomitant diseases form the basis of a course which is altogether endangered by complications, which, however, compared with peripheral and coronary arteriosclerosis, is more favourable. Operative reconstruction of the path of a vessel leads to an enduring improvement of the picture of the complaint. The total prognosis corresponds to the so-called spontaneous course. Under permanent treatment with anticoagulants a retardation of the general progressing of arteriosclerosis and improvement of the survival rates is to be proved.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000473:pathology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000473:pathology; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Langzeitverlauf von Patienten mit arteriosklerotisch bedingtem Aortenbogensyndrom.