Assertion: abdominal aneurysm | /r/HasProperty | characterized by severe intimal atherosclerosis
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text: Whereas abdominal aneurysms are characterized by severe intimal atherosclerosis, chronic transmural inflammation, and destructive remodeling of the elastic media, the microscopic findings in TAAs are frequently associated with cystic medial degeneration, reflecting a noninflammatory loss of smooth muscle cells, causing degeneration of elastic fibers within the media of the aortic wall.4