Handbook of the vulnerable plaque / edited by Ron Waksman, Patrick W. Serruys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waksman, Ron.

Serruys, P. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atherosclerotic plaque.

Arteriosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis.

Medical Subjects:

Arteriosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis.

Physical Description:

xiv, 418 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Martin Dunitz ; Boca Raton, FL : Distributed in North and South America by Taylor & Francis, [2004]

Summary:

The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and consequent cardiovascular incidents is now an established fact, with the rupturing of vulnerable plaques leading to variable coronary flow, a fact that distinguishes between the three forms of ACS. With the resultant thrombosis, it is critical for the interventionalist to know when to resort to PCI. What causes the rupture: inflammation, infection or some other factor? This book looks into what exactly is the vulnerable plaque, how it can be detected, and who are likely candidates for vulnerable plaque. All the contributors are respected worldwide for their work with ruptured plaque.

Contents:

1 Definition of the vulnerable plaque / James E Muller, Pedro R Moreno 1

2 Platelets and the vulnerable plaque / Juan FViles-Gonzalez, Valentin Fuster, Juan J Badimon 15

3 Pathology of the vulnerable plaque / Renu Virmani, Allen Burke, Andrew Farb, Frank D Kolodgie, Aloke V Finn, Herman Gold 33

4 Genetic determinants of the vulnerable plaque / W Craig Hooper 49

5 Diagnosing the vulnerable plaque in the cardiac catheterization laboratory / Johannes A Schaar, Evelyn Regar, Francesco Saia, Chourmouzios A Arampatzis, Angela Hoye, Frits Mastik, Rob Krams, Cornelis J Slager, Frank J Gijsen, Jolanda J Wentzel, Pim J de Feyter, Anton FW van der Steen, Patrick W Serruys 81

6 MRI and other non-invasive imaging modalities for atherothrombotic plaque / Konstantin Nikolaou, Robin P Choudhury, Christoph R Becker, Valentin Fuster, Zahi A Fayad 97

7 Vulnerable plaque: detection paradigms from molecules in peripheral blood / Arturo G Touchard, Antonio Bayes-Genis, John R Lesser, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Timothy D Henry, Cheryl A Conover, Robert S Schwartz 125

8 Emerging animal models of the vulnerable plaque / Andrew J Carter, Wei Wei 153

9 Intravascular thermography for the detection of vulnerable plaque: some like it hot! / Mohammad Madjid, Morteza Naghavi, Silvio Litovsky, S Ward Casscells, James T Willerson 173

10 Optical coherence tomography / Evelyn Regar, Johannes A Schaar, Eric Mont, Renu Virmani, Patrick W Serruys 191

11 Diffuse reflectance near-infrared spectroscopy as a clinical technique to detect high-risk atherosclerotic plaques / Pedro R Moreno, Barbara J Marshik, James E Muller 205

12 Intravascular ultrasound and tissue characterization / Brian K Courtney, Peter J Fitzgerald 219

13 Non-invasive visualization of coronary atherosclerosis with multislice computed tomography / Pim J de Feyter, Nico Mollet, Karen Nieman, Fhilippo Cademartiri, Peter Pattynama, Patrick W Serruys 237

14 Drug therapy for the vulnerable plaque / John A Ambrose, David J D'Agate 255

15 Photodynamic therapy / Ron Waksman 283

16 Should we treat the vulnerable plaque with drug eluting stents? / Willibald Maier, Bernard Meier 297

17 Volcano Therapeutics / M Pauliina Margolis 311

18 Radiofrequency-tissue characterization and Virtual Histology / D Geoffrey Vince, Anuja Nair, Jon D Klingensmith, Barry D Kuban, M Pauliina Margolis, Vince Burgess 327

19 Vulnerable plaque detection using temperature heterogeneity measured with the Imetrx thermocoil guidewire system / Campbell Rogers, Marco Wainstein 343

20 Intravascular thermography using the Thermocore Thermosense catheter / Stefan Verheye, Glenn van Langenhove, Rob Krams, Patrick W Serruys 349

21 LightLab imaging optical coherence tomography / Paul Magnin 359

22 Massachusetts General Hospital optical coherence tomography system / Masamichi Takano, Brett Bouma, Guillermo J Tearney, Ik-Kyung Jang 369

23 pH as a marker of plaque activity: a possible technique for pH based detection of vulnerable plaque / Tania Khan, Babs Soller, S Ward Casscells, James Willerson, Morteza Naghavi 381

24 Intravascular elastography: from idea to technique / Chris L de Korte, Johannes A Schaar, Frits Mastik, Patrick W Serruys, Anton FW van der Steen 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841843237 :

OCLC:

52530861