However, in most cases, thrombus formation proceeds faster than vascular growth and
infarcts develop. In many cases, collaterals, although they cannot prevent infarction in the …

Coronary collaterals are present at birth, with wide interindividual variation in their functional
capacity. These vessels protect jeopardized myocardium, and the number of collaterals and …

Slowly DEVELOPING occlusion of a large epicardial coronary artery leads to the formation
of a collateral circulation.“'During the last 10 years the processes governing the …

The functional significance of coronary collaterals in humans has been debated for many
years. Correlations have now been made between the anatomic appearance of coronary …

Eur J Clin Invest 2010; 40 (5): 465–476 Abstract Background Coronary collaterals are an
alternative source of blood supply to myocardium jeopardized by ischaemia. Well …

POST-MORTEM studies have demonstrated the presence of many coronary arterial
collateral vessels in the normal human heart at birth and later in life. Some of these vessels …

The cellular mechanism of growth of coronary collateral vessels (adaptive arteriogenesis) is
still poorly understood. To define a possible role of an altered expression pattern of cellular …

Coronary collaterals are an alternative source of blood supply to myocardium jeopardized
by ischaemia. In comparison with other species, the human coronary collateral circulation is …

Cardiovascular diseases, in particular coronary artery disease (CAD), are the leading cause
of death in industrialised countries. Established options for revascularisation include …

The formation of coronary collateral vessels is a compensatory mechanism secondary to
repetitive or chronic myocardial ischemia. During the past three decades the functional and …