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Assessing and modifying the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque
xv, 379 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Evolving concepts of atherothrombosis -- Cerebrovascular diseases: pathophysiology and management -- Aortic arch vulnerable plaques: update -- The vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in peripheral vascular disease -- Panel discussion I. Overview of pathology: clinical correlations of atherosclerosis -- Thermography: a novel approach for identification of plaques at risk of rupture and/or thrombosis -- Intravascular ultrasound and plaque vulnerability: evidence of a systemic disease process -- Intracoronary angioscopy to detect vulnerable plaques: a technique whose time has come? -- Electron beam computed tomography in assessing the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque -- Multirow-detector helical computed tomography -- Panel discussion IIA. Overview of imaging: coronary atherosclerosis -- Imaging of the high-risk plaque using magnetic resonance imaging -- Cardiovascular imaging with optical coherence tomography -- Panel discussion IIB. Overview of imaging: atherosclerotic regions and imaging modalities -- Plaque instability and remodeling: mechanisms and possible misconceptions -- Structural and cellular components of the vulnerable plaque: extracellular matrix -- Structural and cellular components of the vulnerable plaque: inflammatory cells -- Panel discussion III. Structural and cellular components of the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque -- Stress and strain: biomechanical guides for imaging plaque stability -- Endothelium, flow, and atherothrombosis -- Activities that trigger plaque disruption -- Panel discussion IV. Mechanical forces in plaque disruption -- Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors -- Calcium deposition in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques: pathophysiologic mechanisms and potential implications in the acute coronary syndromes -- Panel discussion V. Regulation of functional components of the vulnerable plaque.
edited by Valentin Fuster with assistance from William Insull, Jr.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American Heart Association monograph series