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| Atherosclerosis, Aorta
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•Thoracic and upper abdominal aorta opened along posterior wall to reveal ostia of celiac, superior mesenteric
and intercostal arteries.
•Note the atheromatous yellow streaks indicated by the arrows. This is probably a young person with such early
changes.
•Atherosclerosis gets progressively worse with increasing age.
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| Contrib. by:Melinda Sanders,M.D. UCHC
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