Abstract
This review focuses on sympathetic perivascular innervation of human saphenous vein. It shows the distribution of the nerves in the vein wall, including an association of the nerves with the vasa vasorum system. An account of a possible contribution of sympathetic nerves to the physiology of the saphenous vein, as well as their relevance to the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery that uses the vein as a graft, is discussed.
Keywords: Human saphenous vein, harvesting, sympathetic innervation
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title: On the Sympathetic Innervation of the Human Greater Saphenous Vein: Relevance to Clinical Practice
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Author(s): Andrzej Loesch and Michael R. Dashwood
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Keywords: Human saphenous vein, harvesting, sympathetic innervation
Abstract: This review focuses on sympathetic perivascular innervation of human saphenous vein. It shows the distribution of the nerves in the vein wall, including an association of the nerves with the vasa vasorum system. An account of a possible contribution of sympathetic nerves to the physiology of the saphenous vein, as well as their relevance to the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery that uses the vein as a graft, is discussed.
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Loesch Andrzej and Dashwood R. Michael, On the Sympathetic Innervation of the Human Greater Saphenous Vein: Relevance to Clinical Practice, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2009; 7(1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016109787354150
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016109787354150 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6212 |

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