Enhanced coronary vasa vasorum neovascularization in experimental hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1551-1556

  Kwon, Hyuck Moon ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^b   McKenna, Charles ^a   Holmes Jr , David R ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a,b  

^a Rochester   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventitia; Atherosclerosis; Circulation; Imaging; Microscopic computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 0345057333     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI1568     Document Type: Article

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