Table of contents

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Part I – Haemodynamics of coronary stenosis

• 1 - Anatomy and structure of coronary circulation
• 2 - Fundamental concepts of coronary physiology
• 3 - Haemodynamic effects of focal and diffuse coronary stenosis
• 4 - Interactions between coronary stenoses and microcirculation
• 5 - Physiology of collateral circulation

Part II – Structure of coronary stenosis

• 6 - Structure of stable and vulnerable atheromatous plaques
• 7 - Vessel remodelling and coronary stenosis
• 8 - Metalloproteinases and atheromatous plaque vulnerability
• 9 - Intracoronary thrombosis and stenosis
• 10 - Structure of chronic total occlusions
• 11 - Role of vasa vasorum in atherogenesis and coronary syndromes

Part III – Invasive and non-invasive imaging of coronary stenosis

• 12 - Angiographic evaluation of coronary stenosis: a historical perspective
• 13 - Contemporary angiographic analysis of coronary stenosis
• 14 - Intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of coronary stenosis
• 15 - Intravascular palpography for vulnerable plaque assessment
• 16 - Optical coherence tomography in the study of coronary stenosis
• 17 - Angioscopic evaluation of coronary stenosis
• 18 - Assessment of coronary stenosis with near infrared spectroscopy
• 19 - Evaluation of plaque composition with intracoronary Raman spectroscopy
• 20 - Intracoronary thermography in the assessment of plaque inflammation
• 21 - Assessment of atheromatous plaques with magnetic resonance imaging
• 22 - Non-invasive study of coronary stenoses with multidetector computed tomography

Part IV – Invasive and non-invasive functional assessment of coronary stenosis

• 23 - Radionuclide evaluation of myocardial ischaemia
• 24 - Echocardiographic assessment of myocardial ischaemia
• 25 - Evaluation of myocardial ischaemia with nuclear magnetic resonance
• 26 - Assessment of stenosis severity with intracoronary pressure and thermodilution measurements
• 27 - Intracoronary Doppler-based techniques for stenosis appraisal

Part V – Dynamic coronary stenosis

• 28 - Physiology and assessment of myocardial bridges
• 29 - Pathophysiology and assessment of coronary spasm
• 30 - Spontaneous coronary dissection
• 31 - Congenital coronary anomalies causing extravascular vessel compression

Part VI – Iatrogenic stenoses after cardiac interventions

• 32 - Saphenous vein graft attrition
• 33 - Restenosis in bare metal and drug-eluting stents
• 34 - Coronary stenosis in transplant graft vasculopathy