Association between coronary microvascular function and the vasa vasorum in patients with early coronary artery disease

The study demonstrated that coronary adventitial VV density inversely correlated with myocardial endothelium-dependent microvascular function and a positive correlation with endothelium-independent microvascular function. The current study demonstrated for the first time the relationships between the coronary VV density and coronary microvascular function in humans.68