Viewpoint: Recent Advances in Intracoronary Imaging for Vasa Vasorum Visualisation

Overview

Journal Eur Cardiol

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2018 Nov 13

PMID 30416583

Citations 3

Authors

Kensuke Nishimiya

Yasuharu Matsumoto

Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Abstract

The coronary adventitia harbours the vasa vasorum (VV), which has a diameter of 50-300 µm and plays an important role as a network of nutrient blood vessels to the arterial wall. The VV is thought to be involved in the development of coronary atherosclerosis. Recent advances in the field of intracoronary imaging, including optical coherence tomography, have enabled us to visualise coronary VV in humans and increased the clinical relevance of the VV in patients with coronary artery disease.

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