"Coral reef" arteriosclerosis: computed tomographic and angiographic findings
Oberstein, A.; Zocholl, G.; Schmied, W.
Rontgen-Blatter; Zeitschrift für Rontgen-Technik und Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Photographie 43(12): 536-538
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8592 PMID: 2287886 Document Number: 347972
Patients suffering from "coral reef arteriosclerosis" are presented, the lesions being visualised via CT and angiography. This disease is characterised by an almost complete occlusion of the median ventricular aorta due to extreme, irregularly structured calcareous masses in the vascular lumen. The review of the literature points to the possible aetiology and pathogenesis of this disease pattern.