Journal article
Dysglycemia and the Density of the Coronary Vasa Vasorum
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between dysglycemia and the coronary artery vasa vasorum density.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The left anterior descending coronary artery was removed from 57 deceased individuals during autopsy, and the capillaries in the vessel wall were identified using fluorescent immunohistochemical staining. HbA1c was determined in postmortem whole blood for each individual. The density of …
Authors
Gerstein HC; Nair V; Chaube R; Stoute H; Werstuck G
Journal
Diabetes Care, Vol. 42, No. 5,
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Publication Date
May 1, 2019
DOI
10.2337/dc18-2483
ISSN
0149-5992