DESCRIPTION:
"Coronary stenosis. Imaging, structure and physiology" has been designed as a clinically and research orientated reference for all cardiologists, physicians, cardiovascular imagers, trainees and investigators working in the field of ischemic heart disease. In the scenario of facilitated access to the coronary arteries provided by new diagnostic techniques, this book comes to fill an empty space in the medical literature: a textbook providing a comprehensive, multifaceted analysis of atherosclerotic and non atherosclerotic coronary stenoses, addressing multiple issues that are of key importance in invasive and non-invasive diagnostic studies of the coronary vessels.
Emphasis has been placed in integrating three separate aspects: imaging, structure and physiology. The chapters are written by top experts in invasive and noninvasive diagnostics, coronary anatomy, pathology and physiology, encouraged by the editors to adress each topic from a plural perspective to facilitate knowledge sharing between their respective disciplines. An associated website provides access to the electronic edition of the book, which includes moving images and updated material.
An indispensable companion for all those involved in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease.
Javier Escaned MD PhD FESC studied at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and trained at the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth Hospital at Birmingham and Walsgrave Hospital at Coventry) and The Netherlands (Thoraxcenter / Erasmus MC). In 1994 he read his PhD thesis in Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands). In 1997 he was appointed Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, a leading European institution in the field where he continues his clinical and research endeavours. He is author of more than 150 scientific articles and books chapters, mostly on interventional cardiology, intracoronary diagnostic techniques, coronary physiology and pathobiology of coronary atheroma.
Patrick W. Serruys MD PhD FESC FACC is Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Head of Interventional Department at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and directs the Interventional Department there. His primary research interests are coronary artery disease and interventional cardiology, for which he has received numerous awards. He is also a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the Scientific Council of the International College of Angiology. He is Associate Editor of Circulation and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. Dr Serruys has published more than 1300 papers and co-edited 31 books.
CONTENTS:
Part I - The hemodynamics of coronary stenoses
1. Anatomy and structure of the coronary circulation
2. Fundamental concepts of coronary physiology for clinicians
3. Hemodynamic effects of focal and diffuse coronary stenoses
4. Interactions between coronary stenoses and microcirculation
5. Physiology of collateral circulation
Part II - The structure of coronary stenoses
6. Evolution of atheromatous plaques
7. Vessel remodelling during atherogenesis
8. Assessment of metaloproteinase plaque elution in unstable plaques
9. Intracoronary thrombosis and stenosis
10. Structure of chronic total occlusions
11. Vasa vasorum in healthy and diseased coronary vessels
Part III - Assessment of coronary atheroma
12. A historical perspective of the angiographic assessment of coronary stenoses
13. Contemporary angiographic assessment of coronary stenoses
14. Assessment of coronary stenoses using gray-scale intravascular ultrasound
15. Ultrasonic characterisation of atheromatous plaque components
16. Angioscopic assessment of coronary stenoses
17. Near infrarred spectroscopy
18. Optical coherence tomography in the assessment of coronary stenoses
19. Intracoronary thermography in the assessment of plaque inflammation
20. Elastographic assessment of coronary stenoses
21. Non-invasive study of coronary stenoses with MSCT
22. Assessment of atheromatous plaques with magnetic resonance imaging
23. Plaque assessment with Raman spectroscopy
Part IV - Functional assessment of coronary stenoses
24. Radionuclide assessment of myocardial ischemia
25. Ecocardiographic assessment of myocardial ischemia
26. Assessment of myocardial ischemia with nuclear magnetic resonance
27. Intracoronary pressure and thermodilution measurements
28. Intracoronary Doppler-based techniques for stenosis assessment
Part V - Dynamic coronary stenoses
29. Physiology and clinical assessment of myocardial bridges
30. Coronary spasm: pathophysiology and diagnosis
31. Spontaneous coronary dissection
32. Congenital coronary anomalies causing extravascular vessel compression
Part VI - Coronary stenoses after cardiac interventions
33. Saphenous vein graft attrition
34. Restenosis in bare metal and drug eluting stents
35. Coronary stenoses in transplant graft vasculopathy
