Viewpoint: Recent advances in intracoronary imaging for vasa vasorum visualisation

Kensuke Nishimiya; Yasuharu Matsumoto; Hiroaki Shimokawa

doi:10.15420/ecr.2017:13:1

Viewpoint: Recent advances in intracoronary imaging for vasa vasorum visualisation

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 in vivo and increased the clinical relevance of the VV in patients with coronary artery disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-123
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Cardiology Review
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2017:13:1
Publication status	Published - 2017 Dec 1

Keywords

Adventitia
Intravascular ultrasound
Optical coherence
Tomography
Vasa vasorum

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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