SOME ASPECTS OF THE NATURE OF THE CHEMICAL CHANGES OCCURRING IN ATHEROMATOSIS
Authors: Irvine H. Page
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941SOME ASPECTS OF THE NATURE OF THE CHEMICAL CHANGES OCCURRING IN ATHEROMATOSISIRVINE H. PAGEIRVINE H. PAGESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1741 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVirchow was the first to recognize that atheromatosis might result from loosening of the connective tissue ground-substance, of which the arterial intima is for the most part composed, and subsequent infiltration with fat from the blood stream. The loosening of the ground-substance was believed to be caused by mechanical strain. Aschoff and Ribbert in particular have championed this so-called "infiltration theory."Aschoff1thought that the fatty material deposited in vessels consisted almost exclusively of cholesterol esters coming from blood plasma which nourished the vessel wall. 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