The Effect of Age on the Clearance of Cl4-Labeled Tripalmitin in Dogs After Oral Feeding

Aging Changes in the Vascular System of Animals

“…These lesions resulted in severe alterations in the wall of the arteries (FIGURE 12), with rupture of the internal elastica; replacement of media with foam cells, lipid and cholesterol; calcification and thickening of the lipid-laden intima. Only under certain circumstances (Rosenfield, 1960;Sobel, 1962;Sobel, 1963) did these lesions lead to occlusion of coronary or cerebral arteries. In one report (Bevans, 1951) the early atherosclerotic lesions were shown to be reversible.…”