Full Description
This comprehensive reference book of coronary microcirculation broadly covers theoretical aspects, clinical cases and therapeutic considerations from an innovative perspective. Topics covered include: ischemic heart disease, silent cerebral damage, heart failure, left ventricular hypertrophy arrhythmias, and cerebral and renal microcirculation.
Microcirculation: From Bench to Bedside underlines the clinical importance of addressing coronary microcirculation with relevant clinical examples that are often encountered by practitioners. It therefore provides a critical resource on microcirculation for both specialist and non-specialist practitioners.
Contents
I. Coronary microcirculation - Theoretical aspects.- 1. Basic concepts of microcirculation.- 2. Coronary microvascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease: lessons from large animal models.- 3. Dynamic testing of microcirculation.- 4. Study of microcirculation through direct microscopic techniques.- 5. Platelet function and coronary microvascular dysfunction.- 6. Role of perivascular tissue in microvascular dysfunction.- 7. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease.- II. Clinical cases.- 8. Role of coronary microcirculation in no-reflow phenomenon in myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation.- 9. Microcirculatory dysfunction in chronic angina.- 10. Vasospastic angina.- 11. Brain microcirculation and silent cerebral damage.- 12. Microcirculation and left ventricular hypertrophy.- 13. Microcirculatory dysfunction in acute heart failure.- 14. Relationship between coronary microcirculation and arrhythmias: a Janus with two faces.- III. Therapeutical considerations.- 15. Treatment of no-reflow phenomenon.- 16. Lipid lowering treatment in microcirculation.- 17. Cell strategies to stimulate angiogenesis/vasculogenesis for improvement of microcirculation
