[Comparative studies of the evolution of aortic and coronary atherosclerosis in Moscow, Ryazan, and Yakutsk males over 40 years].

: Repeated epidemiological morphological investigations of atherosclerosis of the aorta and coronary arteries were performed in apparently healthy men aged 20-59 years in Moscow, Ryazan and Yakutsk at a 40-year interval. More severe atherosclerosis and different rates of its progression were revealed in males of these towns over 40 years.