“The collateral disease theory provides a new idea for the prevention and treatment of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. Experts explore the commonness of venation and physiological neovascularization from a microscopic perspective, dig out the similarities between diseased collateral and pathological neovascularization, and propose the treatment principle of "collateral disease should be unblocked and replenished", which opens a new direction for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular events by combining traditional Chinese and western medicine.”