Cardiovascular plaque rupture /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Marcel Dekker,
[2002]
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| Series: | Fundamental and clinical cardiology ;
v. 45. |
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Table of Contents:
- Development of the atherosclerotic plaque
- Clinical and pathological correlates
- The role of inflammation in plaque rupture
- Molecular mechanisms of plaque weakening and disruption
- Epidemiological evidence for inflammation in plaque rupture
- Role of mechanical stress in plaque rupture : mechanical and biological interactions
- Determinants of thrombosis after plaque rupture
- The clinical manifestations of plaque rupture
- Triggers of coronary plaque rupture syndromes
- Lessons about plaque rupture learned from angiography
- Intravascular ultrasonography to diagnose vulnerable plaque
- Detection of plaque vulnerability with intravascular palpography : principle and potentials
- Prospects of laser spectroscopy to detect vulnerable plaque
- Optical coherence tomography to assess plaque vulnerability
- Magnetic resonance imaging of vulnerable plaque
- In vivo thermography of coronary arteries
- Animal models of coronary artery disease
- Clinical trial considerations in the development of inhibitors of cardiovascular plaque rupture
- The relationship between cholesterol, plaque rupture, and plaque stabilization
- Antibiotic therapy to stabilize vulnerable plaque
- Plaque sealing : mechanical treatment to stabilize plaque
- The potential role of serine proteinase inhibitors for the prevention of plaque rupture
- Gene therapy to stabilize atherosclerotic plaque