Atherosclerosis
Volume 206, Issue 2 , Pages 362-368 , October 2009

Low vasa vasorum densities correlate with inflammation and subintimal thickening: Potential role in location—Determination of atherogenesis

In memoriam of Ms. Patricia Beighley who died November 23rd 2008.

  • M. Gössl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • D. Versari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • L.O. Lerman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • A.R. Chade

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • P.E. Beighley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • ,
  • R. Erbel

      Affiliations

    • University Duisburg-Essen, West German Heart Center, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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  • E.L. Ritman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Alfred 2-409, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel.: +1 507 255 1933; fax: +1 507 255 1935.

Received 25 November 2006 ,Revised 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.03.010

Atherosclerosis
Volume 206, Issue 2 , Pages 362-368 , October 2009

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