Segmental Heterogeneity of Vasa Vasorum Neovascularization in Human Coronary Atherosclerosis

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Gössl, Mario ^a   Versari, Daniele ^a   Hildebrandt, Heike A ^a   Bajanowski, Thomas ^c   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^d   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Ritman, Erik L ^b   Lerman, Lilach O ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d Mediolanum Cardio Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

calcification; human coronary atherosclerosis; intraplaque hemorrhage; micro CT; vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLYCOPHORIN A; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLYCOPHORIN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RUPTURE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 73649091805     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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