Atherosclerosis and Atheroma Plaque Rupture: Normal Anatomy of Vasa Vasorum and Their Role Associated with Atherosclerosis
Figure 2
Volume-rendered micro-CT image of a VVV (yellow). (a) In addition to the left anterior descending coronary artery (right, pink) and the concomitant vein (left, pink), the figure shows the complex structure of the VVV, which finally drains into a branch (white arrow) of the concomitant vein ((b), displayed at 180° to (a)). The VVV develops inside the coronary artery wall and forms this complex tree-like structure (reprint with permission from [25]).
