Nishimiya Kensuke, Matsumoto Yasuharu, Shimokawa Hiroaki
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai, Japan.
Eur Cardiol. 2017 Dec;12(2):121-123. doi: 10.15420/ecr.2017:13:1.
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 and increased the clinical relevance of the VV in patients with coronary artery disease.
冠状动脉外膜含有滋养血管（VV），其直径为50 - 300微米，作为动脉壁营养血管网络发挥着重要作用。滋养血管被认为与冠状动脉粥样硬化的发展有关。包括光学相干断层扫描在内的冠状动脉内成像领域的最新进展，使我们能够在人体中可视化冠状动脉滋养血管，并提高了滋养血管在冠状动脉疾病患者中的临床相关性。
