Coronary Artery Disease: Assessment, Surgery, Prevention

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Kaan Kırali
BoD – Books on Demand, Nov 18, 2015 - Medical - 314 pages
Coronary artery atherosclerosis is the most common cardiac pathology, which is the primary cause of cardiac mortality. Coronary artery stenosis usually involves the proximal portion of the larger epicardial coronary arteries, but diffuse coronary artery disease is also not rare. Most of the patients with/without several comorbidities have asymptomatic atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary territory, and hence early assessment of coronary artery pathology is of utmost importance. Since early surgical intervention is superior to percutaneous interventions, coronary artery bypass grafting is the first choice for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Coronary revascularization can be performed with different approaches according to the patients risk factors. Preventive treatment of coronary artery disease should be the basic strategy for a healthy system.
 

Contents

Noninvasive Imaging for the Assessment of Coronary
35
NonInvasive Imaging of Coronary Artery Disease
75
Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment
99
Coronary CT Angiography and the Napkinring Sign Indicates
113
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
147
Surgical Treatment in Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease
179
Role and Rationale for Hybrid Coronary Artery
199
Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction
215
Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiologic
247
Obesity and Heart Diseases a Worsened Epidemic
261
Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease through Diet
279
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