mortality/aging
• spontaneous deaths start at 4 months of age, with 54% dead by 18 months of age
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cardiovascular system
• reduction in fibrillar collagen in the adventitia
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• elastic lamellae in aortas are less compacted, more variable in width, display irregular boarders, and are surrounded by less dense collagen fibrils
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• susceptible to the development of age-dependent aortic dissection and rupture
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hemorrhage
(
J:92016
)
• observe hematoma, which is associated with aortic dissection, surrounding the heart or pericardial sac and extending through the diaphragm into the peritoneal cavity
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