Arteriosclerotic occlusive disease

Arteriosclerotic occlusive disease is a local manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis in the limbs. It is a degenerative and proliferative change of the systemic arterial intima and its middle layer, which hardens, shrinks and loses elasticity of the blood vessel wall, resulting in secondary thrombosis. , Resulting in a progressive reduction or interruption of distal blood flow. Can occur in the main arteries of the body, more common in the lower end of the abdominal aorta and the large and middle arteries of the lower limbs. Occurrence of the abdominal aorta and common iliac arteries below the renal artery is called Leriche syndrome.