Cardiovascular Calcification [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Henein.

Plaque collagen synthesis and calcification: Working together to protect against instability and rupture -- Cardiovascular Calcification and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in atherosclerosis -- Heart valve calcification -- Valve Calcification (Aortic and Mitral) -- Calcification and Aortic Syndromes -- Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium -- Value of coronary calcium-screening for risk assessment in the general population -- Calcification and Coronary Interventions -- Coronary microcalcification -- Imaging Peripheral Arterial Calcifications -- Management of peripheral arterial calcification -- Arterial Calcification and Cerebral Disease: Stroke and Dementia -- Cardiovascular Calcification in Systemic Diseases.

The book systematically describes the clinical and scientific aspects of cardiovascular calcification. Chapters detail the mechanisms associated with arterial and valve calcification, relevant risk factors, pathophysiology and the latest therapeutic techniques. Recent diagnostic technological developments including how computed tomography (CT) scanning can be utilized along with Agatston score to quantify coronary arterial calcification when investigating whether a patient for sub-clinical atherosclerosis are covered. The correlation with the presence of arterial calcification and extent of coronary stenosis is also explored. Cardiovasular Calcification details relevant aspects of the basic science and reviews the latest pathological and therapeutic techniques used in treating patients with cardiovascular calcification. It is therefore an essential resource for practicing cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular specialists and radiologists.