Morphometrical studies were done on 432 longitudinally dissected arteries of the pelvis and lower extremities from 216 fatalities in the age of over 40 years (151 men, 65 women). The atherosclerotic process was found to develop and progress most intensively in the common iliac and popliteal
The role of the elastolytic system arterial and venous tissues in pathogenesis of vascular pathology was investigated on rabbits and rats in experimental arterio-atherosclerosis. The obtained results indicate that elastase activity in aortic homogenates was significant higher in normal and