Journal article
Structure and function of vasa vasorum
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol.6(2), pp.53-57
1996
DOI: 10.1016/1050-1738(96)00008-4
PMID: 21232275
Abstract
Vasa vasorum provide an important source of nutrition to arteries and veins. In normal arteries, vasa vasorum from the adventitia grow into the media of large arteries and veins and actively regulate blood flow to the wall of these vessels. In atherosclerotic arteries, vasa vasorum proliferate into the intima-media, where they provide nutrition to the thickened artery. These neovascular channels are thin-walled, however, and may contribute to intraplaque hemorrhage, plaque disruption, and mural thrombosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Structure and function of vasa vasorum
- Creators
- J.Koudy Williams - J. Koudy Williams is at the Comparative Medicine Clinical Research Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USADonald D Heistad - Donald D. Heistad is at the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol.6(2), pp.53-57
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/1050-1738(96)00008-4
- PMID
- 21232275
- ISSN
- 1050-1738
- eISSN
- 1873-2615
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984040447302771
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