Jos A. E. Spaan

TL;DR: The goal of this statement is to provide a logical approach to the use of coronary physiological measurements in the catheterization lab to assist both clinicians and investigators in improving patient care.

TL;DR: This paper showed that the rat myocardial capillary endothelial surface is coated with a 0.2-to 0.5-μm-thick carbohydrate layer and that its degradation instantly results in notable myocardia tissue edema.

TL;DR: Type 1 diabetic patients are characterized by endothelial glycocalyx damage, the severity of which is increased in presence of microalbuminuria and plasma hyaluronan, a principal glycocalyX constituent, andhyaluronidase were increased in type 1 diabetes.

TL;DR: In this review, the physics of collapsible tubes is described, the possible occurrences of vascular waterfalls in the body is evaluated, and the evidence that intramural coronary vessels act like vascular water falls is inconclusive.

TL;DR: In this paper, a hamster cremaster muscle preparation was used for intravital microscopic observation of the distance between erythrocytes and the capillary EC surface, and the authors hypothesized that the disruption of the endothelial surface layer by oxidized low-density lipoproteins contributes to atherogenic increases in vascular wall adhesiveness.