Morphologic analysis oe pancreatic arteries atherosclerosis and insular apparatus of the pancreas in eldarly diabetic patients

The degree of atherosclerosis of pancreatijjgt arteries and the condition of insular аррагщг tus of the pancreas in 86 elderly persons with various clinical types of diabetes and without it are studied. More severe atherosclerotic damage of chall pancreatic arteries in diabetes is shown. The direct dependence of the degree of atherosclerosis on the long persistence of diabetic anamneses is revealed only in type II diabetes, in type I diabetes the dependence is opposite. It is considered to be due to the onset of type I diabetes in eldarly patients, with principally regional atherosclerosis damage of pancreatic arteries. In the diagnosis of type II diabetes the sharp distinction of islets diameters and fibrosis nature are noteworthy.