Renu Virmani & Jagat Narula 
The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque [PDF ebook] 
Strategies for Diagnosis and Management

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-color images.

After a considered and concise introduction, the book
concentrates on:

* * Pathology of vulnerable plaque

* Triggers for plaque rupture

* Imaging of unstable plaque

* Management of vulnerable plaques

Careful editing allows the authors to avoid repetition and
provide comprehensive coverage of pathology, detection, and
management. This thorough and authoritative reference will change
the way interventionists look at the disease.

Содержание

PART 1 Introduction.

1 History of atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque research.

Mohammad Madjid, Ibrahim Aboshady, Samuel Ward Casscells,
Renu Virmani &.

James T Willerson.

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PART 2 Pathology.

2 The pathology of vulnerable plaque.

Renu Virmani, Allen P Burke, James T Willerson, Andrew Farb,
Jagat Narula & Frank D Kolodgie.

3 Plaque rupture.

Renu Virmani, Allen P Burke, Andrew Farb, Herman K Gold,
Aloke V Finn & Frank D Kolodgie.

4 Plaque erosion.

Frank D Kolodgie, Allen P Burke, Andrew Farb, David R Fowler,
Robert Kutys, Thomas N Wight & Renu Virmani.

5 Pathogenesis and significance of calcification in coronary
atherosclerosis.

Allen P Burke, Frank D Kolodgie, Andrew Farb & Renu
Virmani.

6 Adventitial and periadventitial fat inflammation and plaque
vulnerability.

Silvio Litovsky, Deborah Vela, Mohammad Madjid, Samuel Ward
Casscells & James T Willerson.

7 Murine models of advanced atherosclerosis.

Michael E Rosenfeld & Stephen M Schwartz.

PART 3 Triggers for plaque rupture.

8 Physical and mechanical stress.

Luis E Rohde & Richard T Lee.

9 Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinases.

Zorina S Galis & Susan M Lessner.

10 Apoptosis in atherosclerosis.

Mark M Kockx, Wim Martinet & Michiel Knaapen.

PART 4 Diagnosis.

11 Emerging biomarkers of instability.

Sotirios Tsimikas.

12 Ultrasonic detection of coronary disease.

Mani A Vannan, Chowdhury Ahsan, Johan Verjans, Artiom Petrov
& Jagat Narula.

13 Intravascular ultrasound for plaque characterization.

D Geoffrey Vince & Anuja Nair.

14 Magnetic resonance imaging and intravascular magnetic
resonance imaging.

Hee Kwon Song, Ronald L Wolf, Jacob Schneiderman & Robert
L Wilensky.

15 Radionuclide imaging.

Johan Verjans & Jagat Narula.

16 Near-infrared spectroscopy.

Pedro R Moreno, Barbara Marshik & James E Muller.

17 Intravascular thermography.

Mohammad Madjid, Morteza Naghavi, Silvio Litovsky, Samuel
Ward Casscells & James T Willerson.

18 Optical coherence tomography.

Paul Magnin & Evelyn Regar.

19 Intravascular palpography.

Johannes A Schaar, Chris L de Korte, Frits Mastik, Pim de
Feyter, Cornelis J Slager, Anton FW van der Steen & Patrick W
Serruys.

20 Coronary computed tomography for the detection of
atherosclerotic plaque.

burden.

Allen J Taylor & Irwin M Feuerstein.

PART 5 Management.

21 New developments in treatment of vulnerable plaques.

Mohammad Madjid, Silvio Litovsky, James T Willerson&
Samuel Ward Casscells.

22 Photodynamic therapy.

Ron Waksman & Pauline E Mc Ewan.

23 Thermal stabilization of vulnerable plaques.

Samuel Ward Casscells, Birendra N Lal, Mohammad Madjid, Tarun
Tewatia, Ibrahim Aboshady, Yong-Jian Geng & James T
Willerson.

24 An interventionalist’s perspective.

Aloke V Finn, Ronald Waksman & Herman Gold.

25 Genetic modulation of vulnerable plaques.

Chunming Dong & Pascal J Goldschmidt-Clermont.

Index

Об авторе

Renu Virmani MD Medical Director, CVPath, International
Registry of Pathology, Gaithersburg MD, USA

Jagat Narula MD, Ph D Professor of Medicine, Chief,
Division of Cardiology, Associate Dean, University of California,
Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

Martin B. Leon MD Professor of Medicine, Center for
Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical
Center, New York NY, USA

James T. Willerson MD President, The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, President-Elect and Medical
Director, Texas Heart Institute, Houston TX, USA