Atherosclerotic Plaques

Session 1.- Atherosclerosis: A Moving Target - Key Note Presentation.- A Cardiologist Looks At the Importance of Being Able to Quantify the Patient’s Plaque Size.- Session 2.- Ultrasound Imaging of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Arteries of Animals: Validity and Reproduciblity.- Heterogeneous Morphological Patterns of the Fibroatheromatous Plaque and Risk Factors.- Ultrasonographic and Histomorphometric Evaluation of Endarterectomy Samples from Carotid Lesions: New Perspectives in Qualitative Evaluation of B-Mode Ultrasound Images.- How Does the Clinician Evaluate the Atherosclerotic Plaque Quantitatively?.- Session 3.- Quantitative Measurement of Atherosclerosis by Angiography: Implications for Primary Prevention.- B-Mode Imaging to Measure Carotid Artery Wall Thickness and its Relationship with Some Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis.- Quantitative Ultrasonic Imaging of the Atherosclerotic Plaque: In Vitro and Preliminary In Vivo Findings.- PET and SPECT for the Study of Atherosclerotic Diseases in Humans.- What Have We Learned about the Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Laser Radiation?.- New Techniques in Assessing the Anatomy and Function of Atherosclerosis: Promises and Pitfalls.- Session 4.- Ultrafast Cardiac MRI: Present Status.- Synchrotron Angiography: General Considerations.- Transvenous Coronary Angiography With Synchrotron Radiation.- B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging Characterization of Atherosclerosis.- NMR Microscopy: A New Technique in Atherosclerosis Research.- Session 5.- How an Understanding of HDL’s Metabolism May Help us Discover New Ways to Evaluate Atherosclerosis and its Risk of Progression in the Living Patient.- The Use of Radiolabeled Low Density Lipoprotein for Evaluating Atherosclerosis: Present Status and Future Promise.- Platelet Labelling inAtherosclerosis.- Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Fibrinogen, Fibrin, and Fibrin(ogen) Degradation Products in Atherosclerosis.- Session 6.- Quantitative Microscopic Morphometry of the Major Components of the Atherosclerotic Plaque.- Microscopic and Ultramicroscopic Methods of Identifying and Quantitating Cells in Diffuse Fibrous Arterial Thickenings and Atheromatous Plaque.- The Quantitative Analysis of Cell Motility in Cultures of Smooth Muscle Cells, Endothelial Cells, and Monocyte/Macrophages in Individual and Co-Culture Systems, Using Time-Lapse Video-Microscopy in Correlation with Progression of Atherosclerosis.- Correlation of the Matrix-Degrading Activity of Macrophages With Changes in Smooth Muscle Cell Biology in Atherogenesis.- Session 7.- Constriction and Dilatation in Atherosclerotic and Hypertensive Arteries.- Membrane Physiologic Aspects of the Adjustment of Peripheral Vascular Tone.- Effect of Native and Oxidized LDL on Vascular Tone.- Dual Control by Nerves and Endothelial Cells of Arterial Blood Flow in Atherosclerosis.- Summarizing Chapter.