Beschreibung:
Cardiovasular Calcification details relevant aspects of the basic science and reviews the latest pathological and therapeutic techniques used in treating patients with cardiovascular calcification. It is therefore an essential resource for practicing cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular specialists and radiologists.
Plaque collagen synthesis and calcification: Working together to protect against instability and rupture.- Cardiovascular Calcification and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in atherosclerosis.- Heart valve calcification.- Valve Calcification (Aortic and Mitral).- Calcification and Aortic Syndromes.- Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium.- Value of coronary calcium-screening for risk assessment in the general population.- Calcification and Coronary Interventions.- Coronary microcalcification.- Imaging Peripheral Arterial Calcifications.- Management of peripheral arterial calcification.- Arterial Calcification and Cerebral Disease: Stroke and Dementia.- Cardiovascular Calcification in Systemic Diseases.