The dynamic vasa vasorum
Open Access
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 75 (4), 649-658
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.06.020
Abstract
The function of vasa vasorum is both to deliver nutrients and oxygen to arterial and venous walls and to remove “waste” products, either produced byKeywords
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