1971 Volume 12 Issue 5 Pages 460-466
Macroscopic examinations were made on the aorta, the coronary and cerebral arteries of 132 autopsy cases with long follow-up of blood pressure and total serum cholesterol for more than 10 years.
The most outstanding finding in the present study was a significant positive correlation between the average of annual systolic pressure and the severity of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta, the coronary and cerebral arteries. On the other hand, the average of annual diastolic pressure was related only to the severity of cerebral atherosclerosis.
Although a linear correlation was demonstrated between the average of total serum cholesterol and the severity of stenosing atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, the total serum cholesterol value was found to be unrelated to the severity of the atherosclerotic lesions of the aorta and the cerebral arteries.
