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Author(s):
Koji Hasegawa
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3 years ago
Myocardial infarction is often caused by the rupture of unstable plaque in atherosclerosis with mild-to-moderate stenosis. Research has revealed that local tissue inflammation is closely involved in the rupture of atherosclerotic plaque.1 Stabilization of atherosclerotic plaque by strictly managing the risk factors for coronary artery disease is a crucial strategy to prevent the recurrence of…
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Author(s):
Muriel Sprynger
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3 years ago
Abstract
Several imaging techniques (such as ultrasounds, computed tomography [CT] scan, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], positron emission tomography [PET] scan, etc.) can provide interesting information on subclinical atherosclerosis and plaque stability. In fact sonographic imaging techniques can be very useful in this field. All of them have their limitations, but each of them has its own…
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Author(s):
Konstantinos Toutouzas
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Antonios Karanasos
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Dimitris Tousoulis
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3 years ago
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) comprise a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The almost-exclusive cause of ACS, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with or without ST-segment elevation, and sudden cardiac death, is atherothrombosis. Pilot pathological studies have identified the pathophysiological processes implicated in the destabilisation and thrombosis of…
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Author(s):
MT Bajén
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J Martin-Comin
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3 years ago
During the last few years we have been facing a revolution in the field of cardioimaging for both diagnostic and short- and long-term prognostic purposes. The introduction of multislice computed tomography (CT) in clinical practice has allowed us to carry out non-invasive coronariography or, when performed without contrast agents, the imaging of coronary artery calcification. Arteriosclerosis can…
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Author(s):
Mario Petretta
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Carmela Nappi
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Alberto Cuocolo
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3 years ago
The application of nuclear medicine techniques to cardiology is based on the identification of the functional consequences of coronary stenoses, i.e. of myocardial ischaemia. In nuclear cardiology, the evaluation of myocardial perfusion with single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) is the most commonly performed procedure. The SPECT study is currently performed with electrocardiogram …
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Author(s):
Prabhakar Rajiah
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Milind Y Desai
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3 years ago
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an important non-invasive imaging modality in the evaluation of cardiovascular diseases because of advances in scanner hardware, coil technology, parallel-imaging techniques and MRI sequences, all of which facilitate the rapid acquisition of high-quality images. Several scientific studies validated the use of MRI in cardiovascular diseases and showed…
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Inflammation in Arterial Disease
Author(s):
Christos D Liapis
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Elias A Kaperonis
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Ramón Arroyo-Espliguero
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María Carmen Viana-Llamas
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Alberto Silva-Obregón
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Hector M Garcia-Garcia
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Patrick W Serruys
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3 years ago
To date, cardiologists have alleviated the symptoms of patients with significant lesions in the coronary angiography by stenting or coronary artery bypass grafting. While normal-looking coronary segments in angiography have been regarded as ‘disease-free’ and mild/moderate stenoses as ‘non-treatable’, today that we know that from these non-significantly diseased areas may potentially arise acute…
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Author(s):
Alberto Lorenzatti
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2 years ago