Book Description:

This new book provides up-to-date research on angina pectoris which and is a chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries (the heart's blood vessels). Coronary artery disease, the main cause of angina, is due to atherosclerosis of the cardiac arteries. It is common to equate severity of angina with risk of fatal cardiac events. There is a weak relationship between severity of pain and degree of oxygen deprivation in the heart muscle (i.e. there can be severe pain with little or no risk of a heart attack, and a heart attack can occur without pain).

Editors: Alice P. Gallos and Margaret L. Jones

Table of Contents:

Preface

Expert Commentary

Anti-Xa Activity and the Onset of Clinical End-Points of Enoxaparin in Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes
(Mitrovska Slavica, Military Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Skopje, Macedonia, Jovanova Silvana, Institute for Heart Disease, Clinical Center, Skopje, Macedonia) pp. 1-9

Research and Review Studies

1. Angina Pectoris: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Treatment
(Nidal A. Asaad, Jassim M. Al-Suwaidi, Dept. of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar) pp. 11-48

2. Endothelial Dysfunction in Stable Angina Pectoris: Potential Therapeutic Implications
(Dimitris Tousoulis, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Marietta Charakida, Gerasimos Siasos, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece) pp. 49-75

3. Kounis Syndrome (Allergic Angina and Allergic Myocardial Infarction)
(Nicholas G. Kounis, Dept. of Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Patras Highest Institute of Education and Technology, Theoharis C. Theoharides, Dept. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine, Boston, MA) pp. 77-105

4. Atherosclerosis, Understanding Pathogenesis - Challenge for Treatment
(Mitrovska Slavica, Military Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Skopje, Macedonia, Jovanova Silvana, Institute for Heart Disease, Clinical Center, Skopje, Macedonia, Matthiesen Inge, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden, et al.) pp. 151-159

5. The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Determining Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance by Coronary Artery Disease Patients Following Surgery
(Michael O'Connor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Guy D. Eslick, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Natasha Koloski, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) pp. 161-181

6. Important Role of Rho-Kinase in the Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease
(Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan)pp. 183-189

7. Angina
(William H. Wehrmacher, Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL) pp. 191-194

8. Angina Pectoris: Character and Location Among Those Presenting to Emergency Departments with Acute Chest Pain
(Guy D. Eslick, Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Maria Chiu, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)pp. 195-209

9. Immunologic Mechanisms Involved in Ischemic Cardiopathy
(Jorge Delgado, National University of Mexico, Manuel Banos-Gonzalez, National Institute of Cardiology "Ignacio Chavez", Carlos Ramirez-Velazquez, Allergology and Clinic Immunology Department, "20 de Noviembre" Medical National Center) pp. 211-242

10. Atherosclerosis, Inflammation and Chlamydia Pneumoniae
(Giovanni Fazio, Maria Giovino, Loredana Sutera, Giuseppina Novo, Salvatore Novo, Division Of Cardiology - University of Palermo) pp. 243-259

11. Nitrate Tolerance and Cross-Tolerance in Long-Term Treatment of Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris
(Marek A. Kosmicki, Second Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland)pp. 261-277

12. Tako-Tsubo-Like Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome
(E. Vizzardi, G. Zanini, E. Antonioli, I. Bonadei, C. Fiorina, E. Chiari, A. D'Aloia, S. Nodari, L. Dei Cas, Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Applied Experimental Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Brescia University Study of Bresia) pp. 279-294

Index