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Relation between histological age-changes in the carotid body and atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Patrick Lowe ,
Donald Heath  and
Paul Smith
Patrick Lowe
Affiliation:
Liverpool
Donald Heath*
Affiliation:
Liverpool
Paul Smith
Affiliation:
Liverpool
*
Department of Pathology, Duncan Building, Royal Liverpool HospitalLiverpool L69 3BX.
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Abstract

Abstract Histological changes in the human carotid body associated with increasing age are accompanied by occlusive atherosclerotic lesions in the arteries of the carotid bifurcation, and are probably ischaemic in origin. The carotid sinus, however, is unusually susceptible to the development of atheroma and its occlusion appears to have little influence in compromising blood flow through the glomic arteries.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 12 , December 1987 , pp. 1271 - 1275
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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