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The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque : Strategies for Diagnosis and Management /

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Finally, a convenient, one-volume summary of current knowledge on an area of increasing importance! "The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque" presents contributions from the best investigators in the field, skillfully edited for easy reading and lavishly illustrated with high-quality, full-c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Virmani, Renu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2007.
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis.
Heart > Diseases > Prevention.
Diagnostic imaging.
Atherosclerosis > diagnosis
Atherosclerosis > therapy
Atherosclerosis > physiopathology
Diagnostic Imaging
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • History of atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque research / Mohammad Madjid [and others]
  • The pathology of vulnerable plaque / Renu Virmani [and others]
  • Plaque rupture / Renu Virmani [and others]
  • Plaque erosion / Frank D. Kolodgie [and others]
  • Pathogenesis and significance of calcification in coronary atherosclerosis / Allen P. Burke [and others]
  • Adventitial and periadventitial fat inflammation and plaque vulnerability / Silvio Litovsky [and others]
  • Murine models of advanced atherosclerosis / Michael E. Rosenfeld & Stephen M. Schwartz
  • Triggers for plaque rupture: physical and mechanical stress / Luis E. Rohde & Richard T. Lee
  • Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinases / Zorina S. Galis & Susan M. Lessner
  • Apoptosis in atherosclerosis / Mark M. Kockx, Wim Martinet, & Michiel Knaapen
  • Emerging biomarkers of instability / Sotirios Tsimikas
  • Ultrasonic detection of coronary disease / Mani A. Vannan [and others]
  • Intravascular ultrasound for plaque characterization / D. Geoffrey Vince & Anuja Nair.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging and intravascular magnetic resonance imaging / Hee Kwon Song [and others]
  • Radionuclide imaging / Johan Verjans & Jagat Narula
  • Near-infrared spectroscopy / Pedro R. Moreno, Barbara Marshik & James E. Muller
  • Intravascular thermography / Mohammad Madjid [and others]
  • Optical coherence tomography / Paul Magnin & Evelyn Regar
  • Intravascular palpography / Johannes A. Schaar [and others]
  • Coronary computed tomography for the detection of atherosclerotic plaque burden / Allen J. Taylor & Irwin M. Feuerstein
  • New developments in treatment of vulnerable plaques / Mohammad Madjid [and others]
  • Photodynamic therapy / Ron Waksman & Pauline E. McEwan
  • Thermal stabilization of vulnerable plaques / Samuel Ward Casscells [and others]
  • An interventionalist's perspective / Aloke V. Finn, Ronald Waksman & Herman Gold
  • Genetic modulation of vulnerable plaques / Chunming Dong & Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont.