Sommario

• • ·Introduction

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    Paolo Raggi

     
• • ·The atherosclerosis epidemic: Methodology, nosology, and clinical practice

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    Ole Faergeman

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• • ·Coronary plaque as a replacement for age as a risk factor in global risk assessment

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    Scott M Grundy

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• • ·The inflamed plaque: cytokine production and cellular cholesterol balance in the vessel wall

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    Sergio Fazio, MacRae F Linton

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• • ·The development of calcium deposits in atherosclerotic lesions and their persistence after lipid regression

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    Herbert C Stary

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• • ·Insights into the mechanism of vascular calcification

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    Kristina Boström

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• • ·Electron-beam tomography coronary calcium scores are superior to framingham risk variables for predicting the measured proximal stenosis burden

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    B.Greg Brown, Josh Morse, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Marian Cheung, Emily Marino, John J Albers

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• • ·Predictive value of carotid 2-dimensional ultrasound

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    John R Crouse

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• • ·Measurement of endothelial function by brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation

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    Robert A Vogel

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• • ·Current status of mechanical computed tomography in cardiac imaging

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    Warren R Janowitz

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• • ·Electron-beam computed tomography: a bayesian approach to risk assessment

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    Tracy Callister, Paolo Raggi

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• • ·The human high-risk plaque and its detection by magnetic resonance imaging

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    Zahi A Fayad, Valentin Fuster

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• • ·Coronary artery disease progression assessed by electron-beam computed tomography

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    Matthew J Budoff, Paolo Raggi

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• • ·Nuclear cardiology and electron-beam computed tomography: competitive or complementary?

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    Daniel S Berman, Enrique F Schisterman, Romalisa Miranda, John D Friedman, Sean W Hayes, Howard C Lewin, Guido Germano

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• • ·Lipid disorders and plaque imaging

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    Harvey S Hecht

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• • ·Clinical trials: surrogate endpoints or hard endpoints?

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    Lewis H Kuller

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• • ·From clinical trials to public health policy: the path from imaging to screening

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    Leslee J Shaw, Rita F Redberg

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• • ·Tomographic (plaque) imaging: state of the art

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    John A Rumberger

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• • ·Noninvasive coronary angiography by magnetic resonance imaging, electron-beam computed tomography, and multislice computed tomography

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    Stephan Achenbach, Dieter Ropers, Matthias Regenfus, Karsten Pohle, Tom Giesler, Werner Moshage, Werner G Daniel

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• • ·SAI-1 : When primary prevention becomes secondary prevention: electron-beam computed tomography screening for coronary disease

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    Y. Arad

    
• • ·SAI-2 : Insulin resistance but not β-cell dysfunction is predictive of increased atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals without diabetes

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    Y. Arad, D. Newstein, A.D. Guerci

    
• • ·SAI-3 : Rationale and design of the St. Francis Heart Study: a randomized clinical trial of atorvastatin plus antioxidants in asymptomatic persons with elevated coronary calcium

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    Y. Arad, D. Newstein, M. Roth, A.D. Guerci

    
• • ·SAI-4 : The relation of ankle-brachial pressure to coronary artery calcification in diabetes

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    H.M. Colhoun

     
• • ·SAI-5 : Dose reduction strategies for electrocardiography gated multislice spiral computed tomography of the heart

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    T. Flohr, B. Ohnesorge, C. Becker, C. Süss, C. Langer, A. Kopp, A. Knez, M.F. Reiser

    
• • ·SAI-6 : Pulse wave velocity in normal greek subjects and borderline hypertensive greeks with strong family history of coronary artery disease

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    H.Marcoyannopoulou Fojas, C. Vassiliadis, P. Mavrokefalos, N. Papageorgakis, G. Fojas, G. Jullien

     
• • ·SAI-7 : Validation of the transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of the left anterior descending coronary artery using high-frequency epicardial echocardiography

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    I. Gradus-Pizlo, Y. Mahomed, S.G. Sawada, K. Rieger, H. Feigenbaum

    
• • ·SAI-8 : Intensity and patterns of calcium deposition in atherosclerotic plaques of infarct-related coronary artery: an ECG-gated spiral-CT imaging study

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    D.R. Jangid, N. Trehan, R.R. Kasliwal

     
• • ·SAI-9 : Quantitation of atherosclerotic plaque burden in the carotid arteries by magnetic resonance imaging

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    C. Karmonik, C. Eldridge, W. Vick, W. Insull, J. Morrisett

     
• • ·SAI-10 : New use of contrast-enhanced assessment of carotid wall intimal-medial thickness: initial observations

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    J.E. Macioch, P.R. Liebson, M. Daniels, M. Johnson, T. Ostoic, J. Sandelski, A. Loeb, S. Kim, M. Davidson, J. Parrillo, S.B. Feinstein

    
• • ·SAI-11 : WWW.VulnerablePlaque.ORG: prototype of a research-dedicated web site

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    M. Madjid, R.M. Mohammadi, W. Casscells, J.T. Willerson, M. Naghavi

    
• • ·SAI-12 : Effect of field of view size on values in coronary artery calcification area, agatston score, and interscan reproducibility of area and score

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    S Mao, M.J Budoff, B Liu, S.C.K Liu, H Bakhsheshi, R.J Oudiz

    
• • ·SAI-13 : Does ^99mTC-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography stress testing detect coronary artery disease in patients being evaluated for chest pain?

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    J. Michel, S. Royal, G. Wagner

    
• • ·SAI-14 : Does electron-beam computed tomography add incremental value to pretest likelihood in predicting abnormal myocardial perfusion single- photon emission computed tomography in asymptomatic patients?

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    R.S. Miranda, E.F. Schisterman, D.S. Berman, H.C. Lewin, S.W. Hayes, J.D. Friedman, I. Cohen, A.M. Gallagher, G. Germano

    
• • ·SAI-15 : Coronary thermosensor basket catheter with thermographic imaging software for thermal detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques

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    M. Naghavi, K. Gul, T. O’Brien, S. Siadaty, M. Madjid, R.M. Mohammadi, T. Tewatia, J.T. Willerson, W. Casscells

     
• • ·SAI-16 : pH and lactate imaging of atherosclerotic plaques: introducing a 3-french, 360-degree side-viewing, near-infrared spectroscopic catheter to monitor metabolic activity of atherosclerotic plaque

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    M. Naghavi, T. Khan, B. Soller, P. Melling, M. Asif, M. Madjid, W. Casscells

    
• • ·SAI-17 : First prototype of a 4-french, 180-degree, side-viewing infrared fiberoptic catheter for thermal imaging of atherosclerotic plaque

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    M. Naghavi, P. Melling, K. Gul, M. Madjid, J.T. Willerson, W. Casscells

     
• • ·SAI-18 : MRI detection of atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque using superparamagnetic iron oxide contrast media

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    M. Naghavi, M. Rajabi, M. Asif, M. Quast, J. Wei, D. Chen, M. Madjid, W. Casscells, J.T. Willerson

     
• • ·SAI-19 : Carotid intima media thickness: relation to cognition

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    T.Z. Naqvi, R. Heaton

    
• • ·SAI-20 : Coronary calcium scoring with electrocardiographically pulsed multislice spiral computed tomography and reduced radiation exposure

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    B. Ohnesorge, C. Becker, T. Flohr, A. Knez, A. Kopp, S. Schroeder, R. Fischbach, A. Becker, R. Haberl, M.F. Reiser

    
• • ·SAI-21 : Coronary calcifications in “young” patients with first, unheralded myocardial infarction: a risk factor-matched analysis by electron-beam tomography

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    K. Pohle, D. Ropers, P. Geitner, M. Kusus, M. Regenfus, W. Moshage, W.G. Daniel, S. Achenbach

    
• • ·SAI-22 : Do cholesterol synthesis enzyme inhibitors influence the progression of coronary calcifications beyond the lipid-lowering effect?

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    K. Pohle, D. Ropers, M. Kusus, M. Regenfus, W. Moshage, W.G. Daniel, S. Achenbach

    
• • ·SAI-23 : Contrast-enhanced electron-beam computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery size in patients with coronary artery disease

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    H. Pump, S. Reznikova, S. Moehlenkamp, R. Erbel, R.M.M. Seibel

    
• • ·SAI-24 : Longitudinal study of lipid-modifying therapies on carotid atherosclerotic plaque morphology in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging

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    M.P. Reilly, R. Wolf, E. Mohler, A. Wright, H.K. Song, F. Wehrli, D.J. Rader

    
• • ·SAI-25 : Interaction of the paraoxonase genes pon1 and pon2 and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and association with coronary artery calcification using electron-beam computed tomography

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    M.P. Reilly, M.L. Wolfe, L. Picoult-Newberg, A.S. de Lemos, E.R. Mohler, M. Pohl, D.M. Grant, W. Gefter, M. Boyce-Jacino, D.J. Rader

    
• • ·SAI-26 : Correlation between calcification of the carotid arteries documented by ultrasound, coronary calcifications in electron-beam tomography, and angiographic coronary artery disease

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    D. Ropers, S. Achenbach, T. Schwarz, K. Pohle, W. Moshage, W.G. Daniel

    
• • ·SAI-27 : Do patients with diabetes have more diffuse atherosclerotic disease than patients without diabetes, as determined by electron-beam computed tomography?

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    E.F. Schisterman, D.S. Berman, H.C. Lewin, S.W. Hayes, J.D. Friedman, R.S. Miranda, A.M. Gallagher

    
• • ·SAI-28 : Electron-beam tomography coronary artery calcium scanning: effect of image noise on calibration phantom computed tomography values

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    A Sevrukov, V Jelnin, J Hoff, G Kondos

    
• • ·SAI-29 : Association between progression of aortic valve calcification and coronary calcification: a study of electron-beam tomography

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    J. Takasu, D. Shavelle, M.J. Budoff

    
• • ·SAI-30 : Telemedicine system to support percutaneous coronary interventions at a community hospital without on-site cardiac surgery

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    H.H. Ting, K.N. Garratt, M. Singh, M.A. Kjelsberg, J.T. Cusma, K.L. Boutchee, D.R. Holmes

    
• • ·SAI-31 : Extracoronary calcium as a marker of extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

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    H. Yamamoto, D. Shavelle, J. Takasu, M.J. Budoff