title: [The effect of arteriosclerosis on the wall elasticity of the human common carotid artery].
abstract: The arterial distensibility and the modulus of volume elasticity of more than 100 isolated human carotid arteries was measured and correlated with arteriosclerosis and aging. The loss of arterial distensibility progresses steadily with aging. Arteries with severe arteriosclerosis and arteries with minimal arteriosclerosis show almost similar distensibility. On the other side the differences between distensibility of arteries with moderate arteriosclerosis and arteries with minimal as well as severe arteriosclerosis, especially in the younger and middle ages, are significant.
authors.affiliation: Pathologisches Institut am Fachkrankenhaus für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Berlin-Lichtenberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Riemer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004548:Elasticity; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Der Einfluss der Arteriosklerose auf die Wandelastizität der menschlichen Arteria carotis communis.