Coronary Angioscopy

Preface.- Part Coronary angioscopy overview.- Chapter 1: Structure and principle of angioscope.- Chapter 2: Role of multiple Imaging modalities to disclose the mechanism of ACS angioscopy in comparison to other imaging modalities including OCT, IVUS and CTA.- Chapter 3: Dye-staining coronary angioscopy and cardioscopy.- Part Procedure of coronary angioscpy.- Chapter 4: Angioscopy catheter equipped with a balloon for blood flow attenuation.- Chapter 5: System and procedure of non-occlusion type of angioscopy.- Chapter 6: Classification of plaque and thrombus.- Chapter 7: Vulnerable plaque.- Chapter 8: Plaque erosion.- Chapter 9: Angioscopy and coronary endothelial function.- Chapter 10: Acute coronary syndrome vs. stable angina pectoris: angioscopic point of view.- Chapter 11: Angioscopy of saphenous vein graft.- Chapter 12:Other vessels.- Chapter 13: Quantification of angioscopy.- Part Angioscopic findings after stent- and drug-based therapies.- Chapter 14: Bare metal stent.- Chapter 15: Coronary angioscopic insights into several drug-eluting stents of different platforms.- Chapter 16: Peri-stent contrast staining.- Chapter 17: Neoatherosclerosis.- Chapter 18: Angioscopic evaluation of In-Stent Restenosis.- Chapter 19: Pharmacological intervention.

Dr. Kyoichi Mizuno is the executive director of the Mitsukoshi Health and Welfare Foundation, and is the president of Japanese association of Cardioangioscopy. Dr. Masamichi Takano is the associate professor in Division of Medicine, Nippon Medical School.

"This is a comprehensive guide to modern coronary diagnostics and interventional coronary care. It focuses on angioscopy, a relatively new tool that allows nonoperative imaging of coronary structures through the use of fiber optic systems. ... It is a useful guide for interventional cardiologists in a technical practice that will have an expanding role in research and clinic practice." (John C. Gulotta, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)