Bookedited by Allen J. Taylor, Todd C. Villines.
Summary: Atherosclerosis: Clinical Perspectives Through Imaging is aimed at practicing clinicians and relies on didactic tabular and bullet points and a host of fine imagery describing the common features of the imaging of atherosclerosis, enabling the reader to understand more about the advantages and limitations of each modality in investigating athersclosis. Edited by and contributed to by a host of international experts in cardiac imaging, this book is a must read by all who image the heart.
Contents:
Basics and Clinical Atherosclerosis
Insights into the Natural History of Atherosclerosis Progression
Factors Contributing to the Development of Atherosclerosis
Novel Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Manifestations of Atherothrombosis
Auscultation and Atherosclerosis
Imaging for the Detection of Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Invasive Coronary Angiography
Intravascular Ultrasound
Noncontrast Cardiac CT for the Detection of Calcified Atherosclerosis
Coronary Atherosclerosis Imaging by Coronary CT Angiography
Atherosclerosis: Clinical Perspectives Through Imaging Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Atherosclerosis Imaging Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Atherogenesis
Positron Emission Tomography: Imaging Inflammatory Atherosclerosis.