Main description:

This textbook systematically reviews the working principles and modes of application of techniques applicable to noninvasive and invasive vascular examinations. The authors cover the essential physical and/or chemical principles of each diagnostic modality and so derive the characteristics of the diagnostic instrumentation. Physicians thus learn how to translate advanced technology into optimum diagnostic efficacy in daily clinical routine.

Contents:

I: Diagnostics of Vascular Diseases: State-of-the-Art.- Section I: Nonimaging Vascular Diagnostic Methods.- Principles and Clinical Applications.- Section II: Imaging Vascular Methods Vascular Ultrasonography.- Physics and Instrumentation of Doppler Ultrasound.- Applications of Doppler Ultrasound.- Ultrasound Contrast Agents.- Vascular Radiography.- X-ray Radiography.- X-ray Contrast Agents.- Magnetic Resonance Angiography.- Computed Tomographic Angiography.- Section III: Laboratory Vascular Methods.- Assessment of Hemostasis.- Assessment of Lipoproteins.- Assessment of Homocysteine.- Immunologic Assessments.- II: Diagnostics of Vascular Diseases: Work-in-Progress.- Section I: Imaging Methods.- Physics of High-Resolution Ultrasonography.- Ultrasound Assessment of Endothelial Vasomotor Function.- Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging.- Electron Beam Computed Tomography and Cardiovascular Applications.- Intravenous Coronary Angiography with Synchrotron Radiation.- Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Coronary Arteries from X-Ray Projections.- Digital Imaging and Data Integration Technology.- Section II: Laboratory Methods.- Genetic and Molecular Biology Techniques for the Assessment of Vascular Disease.- Section III: Future Perspectives.- Integrated Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine.