Coronary Artery Disease - Assessment, Surgery, Prevention

Description

Coronary artery atherosclerosis is the most common cardiac pathology, which is the primary cause of cardiac mortality. Coronary artery stenosis usually involves the proximal portion of the larger epicardial coronary arteries, but diffuse coronary artery disease is also not rare. Most of the patients with/without several comorbidities have asymptomatic atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary territory, and hence early assessment of coronary artery pathology is of utmost importance. Since early surgical intervention is superior to percutaneous interventions, coronary artery bypass grafting is the first choice for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Coronary revascularization can be performed with different approaches according to the patients risk factors. Preventive treatment of coronary artery disease should be the basic strategy for a healthy system. Preface Contents Chapter 1 Regadenoson — Overview of Applications in Cardiology by Gurunanthan Palani, Rebecca Baumann and Karthik Ananthasubramaniam Chapter 2 Noninvasive Imaging for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease by Punitha Arasaratnam and Terrence D. Ruddy Chapter 3 Non-Invasive Imaging of Coronary Artery Disease — The Expanding Role of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Management of Low- to Intermediate-Risk Patients and Dealing with Intermediate Stenosis by Michael Campbell, Stephen Lyen, Jonathan Rodrigues, Mark Hamilton and Nathan Manghat Chapter 4 Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Plaque Vulnerability by Takao Hasegawa and Kenei Shimada Chapter 5 Coronary CT Angiography and the Napkin-ring Sign Indicates High-Risk Atherosclerotic Lesions by Lucia Agoston-Coldea, Carmen Cionca and Silvia Lupu Chapter 6 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Kaan Kırali and Hakan Saçlı Chapter 7 Surgical Treatment in Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease by Kaan Kırali and Yücel Özen VI Contents Chapter 8 Role and Rationale for Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization by Kendal M. Endicott and Gregory D. Trachiotis Chapter 9 Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction by Serena Mariani, Francesco Formica and Giovanni Paolini Chapter 10 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease – Pathophysiologic Insights and Therapeutic Implications by David Fridman, Amgad N. Makaryus, John N. Makaryus, Amit Bhanvadia, Erion Qaja, Alina Masters and Samy I. McFarlane Chapter 11 Obesity and Heart Diseases, a Worsened Epidemic in Recent Decades by Jian-Lin Wu and Chi-Wen Juan Chapter 12 Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease through Diet by Oguzhan Yildiz, Melik Seyrek and Kemal Gokhan Ulusoy