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Preface |
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1 Definition of the vulnerable plaque |
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James E Muller and Pedro R Moreno |
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2 Platelets and the vulnerable plaque |
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Juan F Viles-Gonzalez, Valentin Fuster and Juan J Badimon |
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3 Pathology of the vulnerable plaque |
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Renu Virmani, Allen Burke, Andrew Farb, Frank D Kolodgie, Aloke V Finn and Herman Gold |
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4 Genetic determinants of the vulnerable plaque |
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5 Diagnosing the vulnerable plaque in the cardiac catheterization laboratory |
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Johannes A Schaar, Evelyn Regar, Francesco Saia, Chourmouzios A Arampatzis, Angela Hoye, Frits Mastik, Rob Krams, Cornelis J Slager, Frank J Gijsen, Jolanda J Wentzel, Pim J de Feyter, Anton FW van der Steen and Patrick W Serruys |
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6 MRI and other non-invasive imaging modalities for atherothrombotic plaque |
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Konstantin Nikolaou, Robin P Choudhury, Christoph R Becker, Valentin Fuster and Zahi A Fayad |
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7 Vulnerable plaque: detection paradigms from molecules in peripheral blood |
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Arturo G Touchard, Antonio Bayes-Genis, John R Lesser, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Timothy D Henry, Cheryl A Conover and Robert S Schwartz |
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8 Emerging animal models of the vulnerable plaque |
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Andrew J Carter and Wei Wei |
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9 Intravascular thermography for the detection of vulnerable plaque: some like it hot! |
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Mohammad Madjid, Morteza Naghavi, Silvio Litovsky, S Ward Casscells and James T Willerson |
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10 Optical coherence tomography |
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Evelyn Regar, Johannes A Schaar, Eric Mont, Renu Virmani and Patrick W Serruys |
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11 Diffuse reflectance near-infrared spectroscopy as a clinical technique to detect high-risk atherosclerotic plaques |
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Pedro R Moreno, Barbara J Marshik and James E Muller |
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12 Intravascular ultrasound and tissue characterization |
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Brian K Courtney and Peter J Fitzgerald |
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13 Non-invasive visualization of coronary atherosclerosis with multislice computed tomography |
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Pim J de Feyter, Nico Mollet, Karen Nieman, Fhilippo Cademartiri, Peter Pattynama and Patrick W Serruys |
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14 Drug therapy for the vulnerable plaque |
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John A Ambrose and David J D'Agate |
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15 Photodynamic therapy |
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16 Should we treat the vulnerable plaque with drug eluting stents? |
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Willibald Maier and Bernard Meier |
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17 Volcano Therapeutics |
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18 Radiofrequency-tissue characterization and Virtual Histology |
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D Geoffrey Vince, Anuja Nair, Jon D Klingensmith, Barry D Kuban, M Pauliina Margolis and Vince Burgess |
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19 Vulnerable plaque detection using temperature heterogeneity measured with the Imetrx thermocoil guidewire system |
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Campbell Rogers and Marco Wainstein |
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20 Intravascular thermography using the Thermocore Thermosense catheter |
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Stefan Verheye, Glenn van Langenhove, Rob Krams and Patrick W Serruys |
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21 LightLab imaging optical coherence tomography |
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22 Massachusetts General Hospital optical coherence tomography system |
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Masamichi Takano, Brett Bouma, Guillermo J Tearney and Ik-Kyung Jang |
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23 pH as a marker of plaque activity: a possible technique for pH based detection of vulnerable plaque |
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Tania Khan, Babs Soller, S Ward Casscells,James Willerson and Morteza Naghavi |
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24 Intravascular elastography: from idea to technique |
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Chris L de Korte, Johannes A Schaar, Frits Mastik, Patrick W Serruys and Anton FW van der Steen |
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Index |
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