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Publications - 2001 Conference Supplement

The American Journal of Cardiology 2001 SAI Conference Supplement
The American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 88, Issue 2,
Supplement 1
Pages 1-87 (19 July 2001)
Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.

  1. Introduction
    Pages 1-3
    Paolo Raggi
  2. The atherosclerosis epidemic: Methodology, nosology, and clinical practice
    Pages 4-7
    Ole Faergeman
  3. Coronary plaque as a replacement for age as a risk factor in global risk assessment
    Pages 8-11
    Scott M. Grundy
  4. The inflamed plaque: cytokine production and cellular cholesterol balance in the vessel wall
    Pages 12-15
    Sergio Fazio and MacRae F. Linton
  5. The development of calcium deposits in atherosclerotic lesions and their persistence after lipid regression
    Pages 16-19
    Herbert C. Stary
  6. Insights into the mechanism of vascular calcification
    Pages 20-22
    Kristina Boström
  7. Electron-beam tomography coronary calcium scores are superior to framingham risk variables for predicting the measured proximal stenosis burden
    Pages 23-26
    B. Greg Brown, Josh Morse, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Marian Cheung, Emily Marino and John J. Albers
  8. Predictive value of carotid 2-dimensional ultrasound
    Pages 27-30
    John R. Crouse, III
  9. Measurement of endothelial function by brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation
    Pages 31-34
    Robert A. Vogel
  10. Current status of mechanical computed tomography in cardiac imaging
    Pages 35-38
    Warren R. Janowitz
  11. Electron-beam computed tomography: a bayesian approach to risk assessment
    Pages 39-41
    Tracy Callister and Paolo Raggi
  12. The human high-risk plaque and its detection by magnetic resonance imaging
    Pages 42-45
    Zahi A. Fayad and Valentin Fuster
  13. Coronary artery disease progression assessed by electron-beam computed tomography
    Pages 46-50
    Matthew J. Budoff and Paolo Raggi
  14. Nuclear cardiology and electron-beam computed tomography: competitive or complementary?
    Pages 51-55
    Daniel S. Berman, Enrique F. Schisterman, Romalisa Miranda, John D. Friedman, Sean W. Hayes, Howard C. Lewin and Guido Germano
  15. Lipid disorders and plaque imaging
    Pages 56-58
    Harvey S. Hecht
  16. Clinical trials: surrogate endpoints or hard endpoints?
    Pages 59-61
    Lewis H. Kuller
  17. From clinical trials to public health policy: the path from imaging to screening
    Pages 62-65
    Leslee J. Shaw and Rita F. Redberg
  18. Tomographic (plaque) imaging: state of the art
    Pages 66-69
    John A. Rumberger
  19. Noninvasive coronary angiography by magnetic resonance imaging, electron-beam computed tomography, and multislice computed tomography
    Pages 70-73
    Stephan Achenbach, Dieter Ropers, Matthias Regenfus, Karsten Pohle, Tom Giesler, Werner Moshage and Werner G. Daniel
  20. SAI-1; When primary prevention becomes secondary prevention: electron-beam computed tomography screening for coronary disease
    Page 75
    Y. Arad
  21. SAI-2; Insulin resistance but not-cell dysfunction is predictive of increased atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals without diabetes
    Page 75
    Y. Arad, D. Newstein and A. D. Guerci
  22. SAI-3; Rationale and design of the St. Francis Heart Study: a randomized clinical trial of atorvastatin plus antioxidants in asymptomatic persons with elevated coronary calcium
    Page 76
    Y. Arad, D. Newstein, M. Roth and A. D. Guerci
  23. SAI-4; The relation of ankle-brachial pressure to coronary artery calcification in diabetes
    Page 76
    H. M. Colhoun
  24. SAI-5; Dose reduction strategies for electrocardiography gated multislice spiral computed tomography of the heart
    Pages 76-77
    T. Flohr, B. Ohnesorge, C. Becker, C. Süss, C. Langer, A. Kopp, A. Knez and M. F. Reiser
  25. SAI-6; Pulse wave velocity in normal greek subjects and borderline hypertensive greeks with strong family history of coronary artery disease
    Page 77
    H. Marcoyannopoulou Fojas, C. Vassiliadis, P. Mavrokefalos, N. Papageorgakis, G. Fojas and G. Jullien
  26. SAI-7; Validation of the transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of the left anterior descending coronary artery using high-frequency epicardial echocardiography
    Pages 77-78
    I. Gradus-Pizlo, Y. Mahomed, S. G. Sawada, K. Rieger and H. Feigenbaum
  27. SAI-8; Intensity and patterns of calcium deposition in atherosclerotic plaques of infarct-related coronary artery: an ECG-gated spiral-CT imaging study
    Page 78
    D. R. Jangid, N. Trehan and R. R. Kasliwal
  28. SAI-9; Quantitation of atherosclerotic plaque burden in the carotid arteries by magnetic resonance imaging
    Page 78
    C. Karmonik, C. Eldridge, W. Vick, W. Insull and J. Morrisett
  29. SAI-10; New use of contrast-enhanced assessment of carotid wall intimal-medial thickness: initial observations
    Pages 78-79
    J. E. Macioch, P. R. Liebson, M. Daniels, M. Johnson, T. Ostoic, J. Sandelski, A. Loeb, S. Kim, M. Davidson, J. Parrillo and S. B. Feinstein
  30. SAI-11; WWW.VulnerablePlaque.ORG: prototype of a research-dedicated web site
    Page 79
    M. Madjid, R. M. Mohammadi, W. Casscells, J. T. Willerson and M. Naghavi
  31. SAI-12; Effect of field of view size on values in coronary artery calcification area, agatston score, and interscan reproducibility of area and score
    Pages 79-80
    S. Mao, M. J. Budoff, B. Liu, S. C. K. Liu, H. Bakhsheshi and R. J. Oudiz
  32. SAI-13; Does 99mTC-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography stress testing detect coronary artery disease in patients being evaluated for chest pain?
    Page 80
    J. Michel, S. Royal and G. Wagner
  33. SAI-14; Does electron-beam computed tomography add incremental value to pretest likelihood in predicting abnormal myocardial perfusion single- photon emission computed tomography in asymptomatic patients?
    Page 80
    R. S. Miranda, E. F. Schisterman, D. S. Berman, H. C. Lewin, S. W. Hayes, J. D. Friedman, I. Cohen, A. M. Gallagher and G. Germano
  34. SAI-15; Coronary thermosensor basket catheter with thermographic imaging software for thermal detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques
    Pages 80-81
    M. Naghavi, K. Gul, T. O'Brien, S. Siadaty, M. Madjid, R. M. Mohammadi, T. Tewatia, J. T. Willerson and W. Casscells
  35. SAI-16; pH and lactate imaging of atherosclerotic plaques: introducing a 3-french, 360-degree side-viewing, near-infrared spectroscopic catheter to monitor metabolic activity of atherosclerotic plaque
    Page 81
    M. Naghavi, T. Khan, B. Soller, P. Melling, M. Asif, M. Madjid and W. Casscells
  36. SAI-17; First prototype of a 4-french, 180-degree, side-viewing infrared fiberoptic catheter for thermal imaging of atherosclerotic plaque
    Page 81
    M. Naghavi, P. Melling, K. Gul, M. Madjid, J. T. Willerson and W. Casscells
  37. SAI-18; MRI detection of atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque using superparamagnetic iron oxide contrast media
    Page 82
    M. Naghavi, M. Rajabi, M. Asif, M. Quast, J. Wei, D. Chen, M. Madjid, W. Casscells and J. T. Willerson
  38. SAI-19; Carotid intima media thickness: relation to cognition
    Page 82
    T. Z. Naqvi and R. Heaton
  39. SAI-20; Coronary calcium scoring with electrocardiographically pulsed multislice spiral computed tomography and reduced radiation exposure
    Pages 82-83
    B. Ohnesorge, C. Becker, T. Flohr, A. Knez, A. Kopp, S. Schroeder, R. Fischbach, A. Becker, R. Haberl and M. F. Reiser
  40. SAI-21; Coronary calcifications in "young" patients with first, unheralded myocardial infarction: a risk factor-matched analysis by electron-beam tomography
    Page 83
    K. Pohle, D. Ropers, P. Geitner, M. Kusus, M. Regenfus, W. Moshage, W. G. Daniel and S. Achenbach
  41. SAI-22; Do cholesterol synthesis enzyme inhibitors influence the progression of coronary calcifications beyond the lipid-lowering effect?
    Page 83
    K. Pohle, D. Ropers, M. Kusus, M. Regenfus, W. Moshage, W. G. Daniel and S. Achenbach
  42. SAI-23; Contrast-enhanced electron-beam computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery size in patients with coronary artery disease
    Page 84
    H. Pump, S. Reznikova, S. Moehlenkamp, R. Erbel and R. M. M. Seibel
  43. SAI-24; Longitudinal study of lipid-modifying therapies on carotid atherosclerotic plaque morphology in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging
    Page 84
    M. P. Reilly, R. Wolf, E. Mohler, III , A. Wright, H. K. Song, F. Wehrli and D. J. Rader
  44. SAI-25; Interaction of the paraoxonase genes pon1 and pon2 and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and association with coronary artery calcification using electron-beam computed tomography
    Pages 84-85
    M. P. Reilly, M. L. Wolfe, L. Picoult-Newberg, A. S. de Lemos, E. R. Mohler, M. Pohl, D. M. Grant, W. Gefter, M. Boyce-Jacino and D. J. Rader
  45. SAI-26; Correlation between calcification of the carotid arteries documented by ultrasound, coronary calcifications in electron-beam tomography, and angiographic coronary artery disease
    Page 85
    D. Ropers, S. Achenbach, T. Schwarz, K. Pohle, W. Moshage and W. G. Daniel
  46. SAI-27; Do patients with diabetes have more diffuse atherosclerotic disease than patients without diabetes, as determined by electron-beam computed tomography?
    Page 85
    E. F. Schisterman, D. S. Berman, H. C. Lewin, S. W. Hayes, J. D. Friedman, R. S. Miranda and A. M. Gallagher
  47. SAI-28; Electron-beam tomography coronary artery calcium scanning: effect of image noise on calibration phantom computed tomography values
    Pages 85-86
    A. Sevrukov, V. Jelnin, J. Hoff and G. Kondos
  48. SAI-29; Association between progression of aortic valve calcification and coronary calcification: a study of electron-beam tomography
    Page 86
    J. Takasu, D. Shavelle and M. J. Budoff
  49. SAI-30; Telemedicine system to support percutaneous coronary interventions at a community hospital without on-site cardiac surgery
    Page 86
    H. H. Ting, K. N. Garratt, M. Singh, M. A. Kjelsberg, J. T. Cusma, K. L. Boutchee and D. R. Holmes, Jr
  50. SAI-31; Extracoronary calcium as a marker of extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis
    Pages 86-87
    H. Yamamoto, D. Shavelle, J. Takasu and M. J. Budoff




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