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: Tanaka, Hiroki, Zaima, Nobuhiro, Sasaki, Takeshi, Hayasaka, Takahiro, Goto-Inoue, Naoko, Onoue, Kenji, Ikegami, Koji, Morita, Yoshifumi, Yamamoto, Naoto, Mano, Yuuki, Sano, Masaki, Saito, Takaaki, Sato, Kohji, Konno, Hiroyuki, Setou, Mitsutoshi, Unno, Naoki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583902/