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Atheroma tends to intrude into arterial sites that were previously prepared by aging effects. The dominating effect appears to be the expansion of the fibroplastic realms around the SMC’s. Yet, some evidence seems to raise the possibility that, all else being equal, the fibroplastic sites with the fewest SMC’s seem especially vulnerable.
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Tracy, R.E. (2003). Biased Censoring of Low SMC Sites by Atheroma in Thoracic Aorta. In: The Role of Aging in Atherosclerosis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0263-8_7
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