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OCCULT ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME 123 The titles published in this series are listed at the end ofthis volume. Occult Atherosclerotic Disease Diagnosis, Assessment and Management edited by ABDUL-MAJEED SALMASI Department of Cardiology, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK and ANDREW N. NICOLAIDES lrvine Laboratory for Cardiovascular lnvestigation and Research, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS, MEDIA, B.V. Ltbrary of Congress Catalogtng-tn-Publtcatton Data Occult atherosclerotlc dlsease : dlagnosls. assessment. and management / edlted by Abdul-Majeed Salmasl and Andrew N. Nicolaldes. p. cm. -- (Oevelopments in cardlovascular medicine ; v. 123) Inc 1u des 1n dex. ISBN 978-94-010-5506-2 ISBN 978-94-011-3404-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-3404-0 1. Atherosclerosls. 2. Cerebrovascular dlsease. 3. Coronary hear~ dlsease. 1. Salmasi. Abdul-Majeed. II. Nicolaides. Andrew N. III. Series. [DNLM: 1. Arterlosclerosis. 2. Atherosclerosls. 3. Carotid Artery Dlseases. 4. Coronary Diseases. W1 DE997VME v. 123 / WG 550 015) RC692.028 1991 616. l' 36--dc20 DNLM/DLC for Library of Congress 91-7042 ISBN 978-94-010-5506-2 Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 1991 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1991 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, inc1uding photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owners. Table of contents List of Contributors ix Preface XVll PART ONE: Pathophysiological considerations 1. The cell biology of atherosclerosis by Richard G. Petty 3 2. The pathology of atherosclerosis by Aseel N. Fattah and Abdul-Kadir Abdulla 19 PART TWO: Occult carotid and cerebrovascular disease 3. The natural history of asymptomatic carotid artery disease by Thomas S. Hatsukami and D. Eugene Strandness, Jr. 35 4. Techniques of screening, diagnosis and assessment of occult carotid and cerebrovascular disease by Sophie C. Renton and Andrew N. Nicolaides 45 5. The diagnosis and management of occult atherosclerotic disease of the extra-cranial carotid artery by Michael J. Grigg and Kenneth A. Myers 59 PART THREE: Occult coronary artery disease 6. Risk factors and epidemiology in the pathogenesis and clinical progress of occult coronary artery disease by Vaskar Mukerji and Brent M. Parker 77 v VI Table of contents 7. ECG and stress testing in the diagnosis of occult atherosclerotic disease of the coronary arteries by Abdul-Majeed Salmasi 91 8. Use of Holter monitoring in occult coronary artery disease by Shlomo Stern and Dan Tzivoni 105 9. Radionuclide techniques in the diagnosis and assessment of occult coronary artery disease by Abdulmassih S. Iskandrian and Jaekyeong Heo 113 10. Echocardiography in the diagnosis and assessment of occult coronary artery disease by Petros Nihoyannopoulos 139 11. Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis and assessment of occult coronary artery disease by Petros Nihoyannopoulos and Peter Mazeika 153 12. Prognosis and management of occult coronary artery disease by Dan Tzivoni, Jesaia Benhorin and Shlomo Stern 165 13. Occult myocardial infarction by Peter F. Cohn 173 PART FOUR: Occult atherosclerotic disease of the aorta and arteries of the lower limbs 14. Epidemiology of occult atherosclerosis in the lower limbs by F. Gerry R. Fowkes 185 15. Occult aortic aneurysm by Jack Collin 205 16. Occult atherosclerotic disease of arteries of the lower limb - incidence, pathophysiology, diagnosis and assessment by Mary Paula Colgan, Dermot J. Moore and Gregor D. Shanik 219 17. The detection of occult peripheral arterial disease using the one-minute exercise test by Susan Laing 227 18. The management of occult atherosclerosis in arteries of the lower limbs by Kenneth A. Myers, P. Geoffrey Matthews, Mark L. Wahlqvist and Che Sam Lo 243 Table of contents VB PART FIVE: Occult atherosclerotic disease of the renal and mesenteric arteries 19. Occult atherosclerotic involvement of the renal vasculature-pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and investigations contributing to management by Christopher J. Mathias 271 20. Investigations of mesenteric and renal arteriosclerotic disease by Paul S. van Bemmelen and D. Eugene Strandness, Jr. 281 PART SIX: New techniques, combined lesions and prevention 21. Use of DNA technology in the diagnosis of occult atherosclerotic disease by Richard S. Houlston and Steve E. Humphries 293 22. Occult cardiovascular atherosclerotic disease in the diabetic by Robert S. Elkeles 309 23. Who should be investigated for occult atherosclerotic disease? by Susan Laing, Mary Ellis and Roger M. Greenhalgh 319 24. Prevention of occult atherosclerotic disease by Brent M. Parker and Vaskar Mukerji 335 Subject Index 349 List of contributors ABDUL-KADIR ABDULLA MB, ChB Formerly Senior Registrar Department of Pathology The National Heart Hospital Westmoreland Street London WI UK PAULS. VAN BEMMELEN MD Department of Surgery University of Washington Seattle Washington 98115 USA JESAIA BENHORIN MD The Heiden Department of Cardiology Bikur Cholim Hospital Haddasah Medical School Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel PETER F. COHN MD Professor of Medicine Cardiology Division State University of New York Health Sciences Centre Stony Brook New York 11794 USA IX x List of contributors MARY PAULA COLGAN MD, RVT Director of the Vascular Laboratories Department of Vascular Surgery St. James' Hospital James'Street Dublin 8 Republic of Ireland JACK COLLIN MA, MD, FRCS Consultant Surgeon and Reader in Surgery Nuffield Department of Surgery John Radcliffe Hospital University of Oxford Headington Oxford OX3 9DU UK ROBERTS.ELKELESFRCP Consultant Physician St. Mary's Hospital Praed Stree t London W2 INY UK MARY ELLIS BSc Department of Surgery Charing Cross and Westminster Hospital Medical School Fulham Palace Road London W6 8RF UK AS EEL N. FATTAH MB, ChB, MRCPath Consultant Histopathologist Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Howlands Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire UK List of contributors Xl F. GERRY R. FOWKES PhD, FRCPE, FFCM Reader in Community Medicine Usher Institute Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Scotland ROGER M GREENHALGH MA, MD, MChir, FRCS Professor and Head of Department of Surgery Charing Cross and Westminster Hospital Medical School Fulham Palace Road London W6 8RF UK MICHAEL J GRIGG FRACS Senior Lecturer and Vascular Surgeon Alfred Hospital Monash University Melbourne Australia THOMAS S. HATSUKAMI MD Department of Surgery University of Washington Seattle Washington 98115 USA JAEKYEONG HEO MD, FCCP Philadelphia Heart Institute Presbyterian Medical Centre of Philadelphia 39th & Market Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA RICHARD S. HOULSTON PhD Department of Clinical Genetics The Royal Free Hospital Pond Street, Hampstead London NW3 UK
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