Histopathological characterization of intimal lesions and arterial wall calcification in the arteries of the leg of elderly cadavers.
Annelotte VosPim A de JongDaphne VerdoornWillem P T M MaliRonald L A W BleysAryan VinkPublished in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) (2020)
In the leg of elderly cadavers, the presence of atherosclerotic plaque and intimal calcification decreases from the proximal popliteal artery to the more distal posterior tibial artery and most atherosclerotic lesions are of the fibrous nonatheromatous type. In contrast, the presence and severity of medial calcification increases from proximal to distal.