Severe Aortic Atherosclerosis

Severe Aortic Atherosclerosis •View of inner surface of aorta and bifurcaton, opened lengthwise along the posterior midline. •Note: irregular variegated lining due to diffuse disease, with red thrombi (black arrow); ostia of celiac and superior mesenteric arteries and right renal artery (white arrows); deceptive narrower caliber of abdominal aorta below celiac artery due to rigidity of calcified atheroma in the typically more severely diseased lower aorta, which maintains its shape after being cut. (Description By:J. Hasson, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by: Saint Francis Hospital )