Atherosclerosis
Volume 192, Issue 2 , Pages 246-252 , June 2007

Increased spatial vasa vasorum density in the proximal LAD in hypercholesterolemia—Implications for vulnerable plaque-development

  • Mario Gössl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Daniele Versari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Dallit Mannheim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • ,
  • Erik L. Ritman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Lilach O. Lerman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Amir Lerman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 507 255 6670; fax: +1 507 255 1824.

Received 8 March 2006 ,Revised 19 June 2006 ,Accepted 5 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.07.004

Atherosclerosis
Volume 192, Issue 2 , Pages 246-252 , June 2007

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