The vasa vasorum in atherosclerosis: The vessel within the vascular wall

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2478-2480

  Kwon, Taek Geun ^a   Lerman, Lilach O ^b   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; optical coherence tomography; vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NOTE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASA VASORUM; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84930703242     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.032     Document Type: Editorial

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