Metabolic support of the arterial wall and role of the vasa vasorum in health and in disease (analysis of clinical and experimental studies)

: A few papers recently published in foreign countries on atherogenesis, vascular atherosclerotic changes, metabolic support of arterial wall medial cells, and the role of the vasa vasorum in these processes are analyzed. Arguments are advanced in favor of that local hemodynamic factors and elevated blood pressure are a basis for the development of vascular atherosclerotic changes.