Role of vasa vasorum in arterial disease: A re-emerging factor

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-55

  Ritman, Erik L ^a,b   Lerman, Amir ^b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Intramural hemorrhage; Micro CT; Plaque

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 33847276530     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340307779939907     Document Type: Review

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