Gastric Arteriosclerosis in Elderly People

Abstract

A series of 103 autopsied patients over the age of 60 were examined for arteriosclerosis in gastric and various extragastric vessels. Nine of them had significant arteriosclerosis in the gastric vessels, against 89 patients with such changes in the coronary arteries. It is concluded that gastric arteriosclerosis is rare even in patients over 60 with a high rate of arteriosclerosis in extragastric vessels. The importance of gastric arteriosclerosis for the course of gastroduodenal haemorrhage in old age is questioned.

Key-words:

• Arteriosclerosis
• hemorrhage, gastrointestinal
• stomach