Overview
- Reviews the latest findings on epicardial coronary spasm and coronary microvascular dysfunction
- Presents a range of experimental and clinical studies
- Chiefly intended for practicing cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular biologists and radiologists
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About this book
This book reviews the latest findings on epicardial coronary spasm and coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), important diseases for understanding coronary artery vasomotion abnormalities. The book chiefly consists of two major parts, each of which explores the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of the diseases. The chapters present a range of experimental and clinical studies, including the editor’s life’s work on coronary spasm; how Rho-kinase activation plays an important role in connection with the disease; how chronic adventitial inflammation is a central pathophysiology of the spasm; the importance of Rho-kinase activation in the pathogenesis of CMD; how epicardial spasm and CMD frequently co-exist; and much more. Coronary Vasomotion Abnormalities will help practicing cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular biologists and radiologists understand the latest issues concerning the clinical, interventional, and surgical management of these conditions, and offer these readers valuable insights into the effective treatment of microvascular angina.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Epicardial Coronary Artery Spasm
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Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Hiroaki Shimokawa, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coronary Vasomotion Abnormalities
Editors: Hiroaki Shimokawa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7594-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7593-8Published: 09 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7596-9Published: 10 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7594-5Published: 08 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 155
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Angiology