title: [Prevention of coronary atherosclerosis: (IV): Prevalence of aortic atherosclerosis in Mexico, D.F. Its relation to coronary atherosclerosis].
abstract: The severity and prevalence of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis was studied in 174 subjects who died from violent causes in Mexico City. As in other geographic areas, fatty streaks were found early in life (12 years old). Fibrolipid plaques were present in the thoracic aorta at age 15 and at age 19 in the abdominal segment. Complicated lesions were detected in the aorta after age 25. Because of the obvious clinical significance we looked for severe aortic lesions in the abdominal bifurcation. The prevalence of severe lesions in the bifurcation was 0 between 15 to 24 years and raised to 23.3% in the 45-54 age group. A moderate correlation was found between the severity of coronary and aortic lesions. The discordance most often found was the presence of severe coronary lesions without severe aortic involvement.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viniegra-Osorio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cueto-García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barrios del Valle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luna-Castaños
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Prevención de la aterosclerosis coronaria: (IV): Prevalencia de la aterosclerosis aórtica en México, D.F. su relación con la aterosclerosis coronaria.