Title | Inflammatory and Infectious Basis of Atherosclerosis [electronic resource] / edited by Jay L. Mehta |
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Imprint | Basel : Birkhรคuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhรคuser, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8239-2 |
Descript | XII, 263 p. online resource |
Atherosclerosis: an inflammatory disease -- Inflammation in coronary atherosclerosis โ pathological aspects -- Pathology of acute coronary syndromes -- Transplantation-associated arteriosclerosis and inflammation -- Free radicals as mediators of inflammation in atherosclerosis -- Myocardial reperfusion: a state of inflammation -- LOX-1, a potential inflammatory mediator in atherosclerosis -- Angiotensin II as a mediator of inflammation in atherosclerosis -- Role of interleukins in relation to the renin-angiotensin-system in atherosclerosis -- Heme oxygenase-1, inflammation and atherosclerosis -- Lymphocyte activation in acute coronary syndromes -- Role of infection in atherosclerosis and precipitation of acute cardiac events -- C-reactive protein โ a prognostic marker of inflammation in atherothrombosis -- Inflammation as a marker of outcome in myocardial ischemia -- Antibiotics in the prevention of coronary heart disease: review of the randomised trials -- Fish oil โ a potential therapy for inflammatory atherosclerosis