Adventitial elastolysis is a primary event in aneurysm formation

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1954 • 769 citations

Elastase-induced experimental aneurysms in rats.

1990 • 443 citations

Elastolytic and Collagenolytic Studies of Arteries

1984 • 376 citations

Elastin degradation in abdominal aortic aneurysms

1987 • 292 citations

Collagen types and matrix protein content in human abdominal aortic aneurysms

1989 • 270 citations

Elastase activity: The role of elastase in aortic aneurysm formation

1982 • 178 citations

Stress-strain characteristics and collagen-elastin content of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

1970 • 170 citations

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CIRCUMSCRIBED DILATION OF AN ARTERY IMMEDIATELY DISTAL TO A PARTIALLY OCCLUDING BAND, AND ITS BEARING ON THE DILATION OF THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY OBSERVED IN CERTAIN CASES OF CERVICAL RIB

1916 • 144 citations

THE OBSCURE PHYSIOLOGY OF POSTSTENOTIC DILATATION: ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANEURYSMS

1954 • 139 citations

Mechanisms of arterial and aneurysmal tortuosity.

1988 • 130 citations

Correlation of Visco-elastic Properties of Large Arteries with Microscopic Structure

1966 • 118 citations

Blood Elastolytic Activity in Patients with Aortic Aneurysm

1982 • 118 citations

Altered aortic protease and antiprotease activity in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.

1987 • 95 citations

The Cause and management of aneurysms

1990 • 83 citations

Histochemistry of Aortic Elastin in Patients With Nonspecific Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmal Disease

1988 • 73 citations

Role of medial lamellar architecture in the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms.

1984 • 68 citations

Role of medial lamellar architecture in the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms

1984 • 49 citations

"On circumscribed dilation of an artery immediately distal to a partially occluding band" : poststenotic dilatation.

1954 • 47 citations

Assessment of the role of pancreatic proteases in human abdominal aortic aneurysms and occlusive disease

1988 • 39 citations

Aneurysm or occlusive disease--factors determining the clinical course of atherosclerosis of the infrarenal aorta.

1991 • 38 citations

The architecture of adventitial elastin in the canine infrarenal aorta

1991 • 35 citations

Arterial Walls Before and After Endarterectomy

1969 • 25 citations

The Elastic Properties of Human Aortic Intima, Media and Adventitia

1960 • 13 citations

Abdominal aortic aneurysms: Distribution of elastin, collagen I and III, and intermediate filament proteins desmin and vimentin—A comparison of familial and nonfamilial aneurysms

1986 • 10 citations