Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis – Formation of thin-walled endothelium-lined structures with muscular smooth muscle wall and pericytes (fibrocytes). This form plays an important role during the adult life span, also as "repair mechanism" of damaged tissues.

Arteriogenesis – Formation of medium-sized blood vessels possessing tunica media plus adventitia.

Because it turned out that even this differentiation is not a sharp one, today quite often the term "angiogenesis" is used summarizing all different types and modifications of arterial vessel growth.

References

• Rubanyi, G.M. (Ed): Angiogenesis in health and disease. M.Dekker, Inc., New York – Basel, 2000
• Raizada, M.K., Paton, J.F.R., Kasparov, S., Katovich, M.J. (Eds): Cardiovascular genomics. Humana Press, Totowa, N.J., 2005
• Kornowski, R., Epstein, S.E., Leon, M.B.(Eds.): Handbook of myocardial revascularization and angiogenesis. Martin Dunitz Ltd., London, 2000
• Stegmann, T.J.: New Vessels for the Heart. Angiogenesis as New Treatment for Coronary Heart Disease: The Story of its Discovery and Development. Henderson, Nevada: CardioVascular BioTherapeutics Inc., 2004
• Laham, R.J., Baim, D.S.: Angiogenesis and direct myocardial revascularization. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2005