Prevalence of the "normal" aspect of the coronary arteries in an unselected population sample of Bucharest aged 1-60 years.
The coronary arterial trees obtained from 640 subjects 1-60 years old were studied grossly and by light microscopy, including morphometric methods. The highest values of of the ratio intima/media thickness were recorded in successive age groups, with special reference to those topographic sites where this ratio acquired an abnormal value. The percent of children, adolescents, young and mature adults free of atherosclerotic plaques, gelatinous lesions and intima necrotic areas, fatty streaks and intramural thrombi was also evaluated. An association was revealed between the number of subjects with anatomically normal coronary arteries and the presence of the common type of distribution of the coronary arteries in these subjects.
D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans