Coronary Angioscopy
Written by a distinguished pioneer in the history and development
of coronary angioscopic techniques, Coronary Angioscopy is
the first and only book to systematically describe the present
status of percutaneous coronary angioscopy and cardioscopy.
Cardiologists and other interested physicians will value its clear
explanations of the pathophysiology of coronary artery diseases, as
well as the author's advice and instruction on the mastering of
cutting-edge coronary angioscopic and cardioscopic techniques.
The book's scope includes a review of the dramatic developments
that have brought so much change in such a short time. From the
introduction of the flexible endoscope in the late 1940s to the
creation of the fiberscope by the author in the late 1990s, the
tools and techniques described within are presented with
well-earned authority.
Composed of three parts (addressing the topics of coronary
angioscopy, cardioscopy, and a discussion of possible future
applications of both techniques), the book's large, well-designed,
atlas-style format and extensive use of color illustrations (160 of
250 figures are in color) make it a particularly effective
resource. In addition, it provides information on new findings,
techniques and devices, such as the cardioscopic observation of
coronary microvessels from the cardiac chambers themselves, many of
which are not previously reported.
Part I. Clinical Application of Percutaneous Coronary
Angioscopy.
1. History of Coronary Angioscopy: An Overview of the
Literature.
2. Coronary Angioscopes That Have Been Devised in Our
Laboratories.
3. Coronary Angioscopy Systems and Their Manipulation:
Clinically Used Angioscopy Systems.
4. Histological Aspects of Evolution and Progression of
Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques.
5. Histological Basis for Interpretation of Angioscopic and
Ultrasonographic (IVUS) Images of Atherosclerotic Coronary
Plaques.
6. Relationships Between Angioscopic Images and Histological
Changes of Complex Plaques.
7. Relationships Between Our Angioscopic Classification and
Histological Classification Recommended by AHA Council.
8. Histological Basis for Natural Courses Toward Vulnerable
Plaques and Disruption: With Special Reference to Acute Coronary
Syndromes.
9. Physiological and Histological Basis for Understanding
Bloodstream, Vascular Endothelial Cell Damage, Thrombosis, and
Thrombolysis.
10. Clinical Classification of Atherosclerotic Coronary
Plaques.
11. Clinical Classification of Coronary Thrombus.
12. Relationships Between Angioscopic and Angiographic Images of
Coronary Plaques in Different Coronary Syndromes.
13. Specific Coronary Diseases.
14. Coronary Luminal Changes Associated with Coronary
Interventions.
15. Coronary Bypass Grafts.
16. Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndromes by Coronary
Angioscopy.
17. Stabilization of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary
Plaques.
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Part II. Clinical Application of Percutaneous Cardioscopy for
Coronary Heart Disease.
18. History of Percutaneous Cardioscopy: An Overview of the
Literature.
19. Developmental History of Cardioscopes.
20. Percutaneous Cardioscopy Systems and Their Manipulation.
21. Intracardiac Ultrasound (ICUS) Probes and Their
Manipulation.
22. Cardiac Chambers in Patients with Ischemic Heart
Disease.
23. Cardioscopic Images of the Left Ventricle in Different Heart
Diseases for Differential Diagnosis.
24. Subendocardial Microvessels.
25. Thrombus in the Cardiac Chambers.
26. Dye Image Cardioscopy for Detection of Endocardial Cell
Damage and Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow.
27. Fluorescent Image Cardioscopy for Assessment of Regional
Myocardial Blood Flow.
28. Cardioscopic Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow Restoration
Induced by Medical, Interventional, and Surgical Therapies.
29. Identification of Hibernating and Stunned Myocardium by
Cardioscopy.
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Part III. Future Application of Coronary Angioscopy and
Cardioscopy.
30. New Modalities of Coronary Angioscopy.
31. Angioscope-Guided Intracoronary
Interventions.
32. Cardioscope-Guided Intracardiac Interventions.
Index
coronary angioscopy. For those interested in this topic, this is
it."
William C. Roberts
American Journal of Cardiology
