title: Frequency and location of atherosclerotic plaques in the ascending aorta.
abstract: Among 97 specimens of ascending aorta from adults with clinical coronary disease, the prevalence of atherosclerotic plaques greater than 8 mm in diameter was 38%. The right side of the ascending aorta was more commonly involved than the left; the sites least commonly involved were the right-posterior, upper right-anterior, and lower posterior locations. Of specimens with plaques at the orifice of the innominate artery, 80% also had plaques in the ascending aorta, and 73% of specimens with plaques at the orifice of the left subclavian artery had plaques in the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Tobler
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged