Table of Contents

one: Atherosclerosis.- 1. Stable and Unstable Atherosclerotic Plaques: Plaque Biology in Relation to Acute Events.- 2. Atherosclerosis Viewed from the Inside.- 3. Raman Spectroscopy of Atherosclerosis: Towards Real- Time in vivo Histochemistry and Pathology.- 4. Coronary Vascular Function in Stable and Unstable Angina.- 5. The Role of Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis.- two: Myocardial Ischemia.- 6. The Coronary Microcirculation and Myocardial Ischemia.- 7. Myocardial Ischemia and Cholesterol Lowering Therapy.- 8. Myocardial Ischemia and Pain.- 9. Functional Neuroimaging of Angina Pectoris.- three: Myocardial Viability.- 10. Clinical Relevance of Myocardial Viability.- 11. Pathophysiology of Acute or Short-Term Hibernation.- 12. Myocardial Hibernation: Blood Flow and Metabolism.- 13. Imaging Techniques in Determining Myocardial Viability and Hibernation.- 14. Improvement of LV function by a PET based Revascularization Strategy: a Prospective Randomized Comparison with SPECT.- 15. FDG SPECT to Assess Myocardial Viability.- four: Heart Failure.- 16. Myocardial Ischemia in Heart Failure: Value of Positron Emission Tomography.- 17. Study of Cardiac Function with PET or SPECT.- 18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Function and Flow: Present and Future.- 19. Development of Ligands for Receptor Imaging.- 20. Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure.- Colour Plates.

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