Structure and Ultrastructure of the Coronary Artery Intima in Children and Young Adults Up to Age 29

摘要: This paper describes the intima of coronary arteries young human subjects as it develops and changes during maturation. The work represents a preliminary report one part continuing study aortas population New Orleans in first 29 years life. Investigators who studied past found that was thickened there regional variation thickness structure. A thick also reported for other arteries. Thoma (1) aortic with light microscope, century ago described illustrated areas which consistently thicker. He stated segments were universal feature development. Awareness fact arterial is far more than thin nondescript space between basement membrane endothelial cells internal elastic lamina has, however, not been general.