Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque

Edited by Valentin Fuster, former Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Vascular Lesions, Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque explores the cutting-edge developments in a steadily advancing field.

This monograph is a valuable multidisciplinary resource, written by experts in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering, pathology, neurology, imaging, clinical and vascular biology, physics, radiology and surgery. The book's nineteen chapters and five transcribed Panel Discussions provides a wealth of information on the identification and treatment of atherosclerotic plaques, including the latest diagnostic applications of numerous imaging techniques, the reasons for selecting a particular method, and what can be learned from the imaging results. Important insights into the structural and cellular components of vulnerable plaque are presented, as well as an examination of factors/activities that trigger thrombosis.

Historical Perspective

Contributors

Chapter 1. Evolving Concepts of Atherothrombosis
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD and Roberto Corti, MD

Chapter 2. Cerebrovascular Diseases: Pathophysiology and Management
Debabrata Mukherjee, MD and Jay S. Yadav, MD

Chapter 3. Aortic Arch Vulnerable Plaques: Update
Pierre Amarenco, MD and Ariel Cohen, MD, PhD

Chapter 4. The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque in Peripheral Vascular Disease
Michael L. Marin, MD, Larry H. Hollier, MD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, and Jeffrey Goldman, MD

Panel Discussion I. Overview of Pathology: Clinical Correlations of Atherosclerosis

Chapter 5. Thermography: A Novel Approach for Identification of Plaques at Risk of Rupture and/or Thrombosis
Mohammad Madjid, MD, Morteza Naghavi, MD, James T. Willerson, MD, and Ward Casscells, MD

Chapter 6. Intravascular Ultrasound and Plaque Vulnerability: Evidence of a Systemic Disease Process
Paul Schoenhagen, MD and Steven E. Nissen, MD, FACC

Chapter 7. Intracoronary Angioscopy to Detect Vulnerable Plaques: A Technique Whose Time Has Come?
Sergio Waxman, MD

Chapter 8. Electron Beam Computed Tomography in Assessing the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque
Robert A. O'Rourke, MD

Chapter 9. Multirow-Detector Helical Computed Tomography
Christoph R. Becker, MD, Uwe J. Schoepf, MD, and Maximilian F. Reiser, MD

Panel Discussion IIA. Overview of Imaging: Coronary Atherosclerosis

Chapter 10. Imaging of the High-Risk Plaque Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Zahi A. Fayad, PhD and Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD

Chapter 11. Cardiovascular Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography
Mark E. Brezinski, MD, PhD and James Fujimoto, PhD

Panel Discussion IIB. Overview of Imaging: Atherosclerotic Regions and Imaging Modalities

Chapter 12. Plaque Instability and Remodeling: Mechanisms and Possible Misconceptions
Trine-Line Korsholm, MS, Gerard Pasterkamp, MD, PhD, MSc, and Erling Falk, MD, PhD

Chapter 13. Structural and Cellular Components of the Vulnerable Plaque: Extracellular Matrix
Renu Virmani, MD, Frank D. Kolodgie, PhD, Allen P. Burke, MD, Andrew Farb, MD, and Thomas N. Wight, PhD

Chapter 14. Structural and Cellular Components of the Vulnerable Plaque: Inflammatory Cells
Allard C. van der Wal, MD, PhD, Mischa A. Houtkamp, MSc, Onno J. de Boer, PhD, and Anton E. Becker, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion III. Structural and Cellular Components of the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque

Chapter 15. Stress and Strain: Biomechanical Guides for Imaging Plaque Stability
Hayden Huang, DSc and Richard T. Lee, MD

Chapter 16. Endothelium, Flow, and Atherothrombosis
Roberto Corti, MD, Lina Badimon, PhD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, and Juan Jose Badimon, PhD

Chapter 17. Activities that Trigger Plaque Disruption
Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, DM, PhD, James Januzzi, MD, and James E. Muller, MD

Panel Discussion IV. Mechanical Forces in Plaque Disruption

Chapter 18. Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors
Uwe Schönbeck, PhD and Peter Libby, MD

Chapter 19. Calcium Deposition in Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Potential Implications in the Acute Coronary Syndromes
Pedro R. Moreno, MD

Panel Discussion V. Regulation of Functional Components of the Vulnerable Plaque

Index

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, former Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Vascular Lesions, Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque explores the most cutting-edge developments in a field grown richer through technological advances.

William Insull, Jr., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics/Director, Lipid Research Clinic, Division of Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.