Volkov V A, Vikhert A M, Zhdanov V S, Mitrofanov M P, Galakhov I E
Arkh Patol. 1990;52(12):43-6.
The epidemiological autopsy study of 1338 men in Riga aged 20-59 was repeated 20-25 years after the first similar investigation. Aortas were stained with Sudan IV and atherosclerotic lesions were graded by visual-planimetric method. It was the significant growth, with age, of all kinds of lesions except lipoid streaks, having the most prominent increase in men aged 40-49. In the abdominal aorta the extent of lesions was significantly higher than in the thoracic aorta beginning from the fourth decade of life. Significant increase of various lesions in aorta was observed in the same male population 20-25 years after the first examination. The tendency to the earlier transition of fibrous plaques into more severe forms of atherosclerosis (complicated lesions and calcinosis) is noted.
在里加对1338名年龄在20至59岁之间的男性进行的流行病学尸检研究，在首次类似调查20至25年后重复进行。主动脉用苏丹IV染色，动脉粥样硬化病变通过视觉平面测量法分级。除脂纹外，各种病变均随年龄显著增长，在40至49岁的男性中增长最为显著。从生命的第四个十年开始，腹主动脉的病变程度明显高于胸主动脉。在首次检查20至25年后，在同一男性人群中观察到主动脉各种病变显著增加。注意到纤维斑块较早转变为更严重的动脉粥样硬化形式（复杂病变和钙化）的趋势。
