title: A Surgeon's View on the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: From Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. haverich.axel@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012907:Smoking; D014651:Vasa Vasorum / Q000473:pathology
keywords: atherosclerosis; hypoxia; vasa vasorum