IMAGING OF INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.

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Book

Language:

English

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Electronic books.

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1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : SPRINGER, 2021.

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text file

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Part I: Challenges in Patient Preparation

1: Challenges in Patient Preparation

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Prolonged Intervals of Fasting

1.3 Dietary Modifications

1.4 Pharmacologic Approaches

1.5 Conclusion

References

Part II: Non-ischemic Diseases

2: Cardiac Sarcoidosis

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Screening for Cardiac Sarcoidosis

2.3 Diagnosis

2.4 Endomyocardial Biopsy: Imaging Guidance

2.5 CMR for Diagnosis/CMR Imaging Protocol

2.6 Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE)

2.7 Imaging Myocardial Inflammation and Quantitative Tissue Characterization with CMR T1 and T2 Mapping

2.8 Additional CMR Findings Suggestive of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

2.9 Differential Diagnosis

2.10 Treatment: Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

2.11 CMR for Arrhythmogenic Risk Stratification/ICD

2.12 Positron Emission Tomography

2.13 Positron Emission Tomography with Tracers Other than 18F-FDG

2.14 Prognosis

2.15 Follow-up and Monitoring of Anti-Inflammatory Response

2.16 Hybrid PET-CMR Imaging

2.17 Outlook

2.18 Conclusion

3: Cardiac Amyloidosis

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 Different Phenotypes of Cardiac Amyloidosis

3.1.1.1 AL Amyloidosis

3.1.1.2 ATTR Amyloidosis

3.1.2 Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis

3.2 Diagnosis

3.2.1 Endomyocardial Biopsy

3.2.2 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging

3.2.2.1 CMR Diagnosis and Imaging Protocol

3.2.2.2 Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE)

3.2.2.3 Quantitative Tissue Characterization with CMR Native T1, T2 and ECV Mapping

3.2.2.4 Differential Diagnosis of AL vs. ATTR Amyloid

3.2.3 Scintigraphy

3.2.3.1 Bone Avid Radiotracers

Imaging Protocols and Interpretation

Diagnostic Accuracy

3.2.3.2 Innervation Radiotracers

3.2.4 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

3.2.5 Hybrid Imaging: PET/MRI

3.2.6 Diagnostic Algorithm for Diagnosis and Sub-Typing of Cardiac Amyloidosis

3.3 Treatment

3.4 Prognosis

3.5 Conclusion

Part III: Ischemic Diseases

4: Molecular Imaging of Vulnerable Plaque

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Biology and Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

4.2.1 History

4.2.2 Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis

4.2.2.1 Initiation of Atherosclerosis

Vascular Endothelium and Atherosclerosis

Hemodynamics Forces in Atherosclerosis

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

Surface Adhesion Molecules

Foam Cells Formation

Progression of Atherosclerosis

Smooth Muscle Cells and Atherosclerosis

Calcification

Plaque Neoangiogenesis

Innate Immunity Cells in Atherosclerosis

Adaptive Immunity in Atherosclerosis

4.2.3 Complication of Atherosclerosis

4.2.3.1 Inducible Ischemia

4.2.3.2 Plaque Rupture

4.2.3.3 Plaque Erosion

4.3 Metabolism of Glucose in Atherosclerosis

4.3.1 Glucose and Immune Cells

ISBN:

9783030811310

303081131X

OCLC:

1269101301

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