Adventitial vasa vasorum arteriosclerosis in abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Adventitial vasa vasorum arteriosclerosis in abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease among elderly individuals. However, the precise pathophysiology of AAA remains unknown. In AAA, an intraluminal thrombus prevents luminal perfusion of oxygen, allowing only the adventitial vaso vasorum (VV) to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the ao...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Zaima, Takeshi Sasaki, Takahiro Hayasaka, Naoko Goto-Inoue, Kenji Onoue, Koji Ikegami, Yoshifumi Morita, Naoto Yamamoto, Yuuki Mano, Masaki Sano, Takaaki Saito, Kohji Sato, Hiroyuki Konno, Mitsutoshi Setou, Naoki Unno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3583902?pdf=render

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