Vasa vasorum in normal and diseased arteries

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2557-2566

  Mulligan Kehoe, Mary Jo ^a,b   Simons, Michael ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Endothelial cells; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; NEOINTIMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL NICHE; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

CORONARY ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; VASA VASORUM;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; VASA VASORUM; VEINS;

EID: 84902437104     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007189     Document Type: Article

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