Microcirculation : from bench to bedside / Maria Dorobantu, Lina Badimon, editors.

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 arrhyth...

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Other Authors: Dorobanţu, Maria (Editor), Badimon, Lina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2020]
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Table of 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.