Atherosclerosis and atheroma plaque rupture: Normal anatomy of vasa vasorum and their role associated with atherosclerosis

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MICROHEMORRHAGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE; THORACIC AORTA; VASA VASORUM; VASCULITIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RUPTURE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84897507559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/285058     Document Type: Review

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