Clinical Research in Cardiology

Foreword

Physiology and pathophysiology of calcium homeostasis

R.F. Greger

Vascular calcium: an interdisciplinary perspective

P. Lanzer

Calcium ions as extracellular, first messengers

D. Riccardi

Ca2+ channels, Ca2+ sparks, and regulation of arterial smooth muscle function

M. Gollasch, M. Löhn, M. Fürstenau, M.T. Nelson, F.C. Luft, H. Haller

Natural history of calcium deposits in atherosclerosis progression and regression

H.C. Stary

Role of pericytes in vascular calcification: a review

A.E. Canfield, M.J. Doherty, A.C. Wood, C. Farrington, B. Ashton, N. Begum, B. Harvey, A. Poole, M.E. Grant, R.P. Boot-Handford

Atherosclerotic carotid arteries – calcification and radio-morphological findings

T. Deneke, P.H. Grewe, S. Ruppert, K. Balzer, K.-M. Müller

Coronary calcification: insights from sudden coronary death victims

A.P. Burke, A. Taylor, A. Farb, G.T. Malcolm, R. Virmani

Vascular smooth muscle and arterial calcification

G.R. Campbell, J.H. Campbell

Expression of mineralisation-regulating proteins in association with human vascular calcification

C.M. Shanahan, D. Proudfoot, K.L. Tyson, N.R.B. Cary, M. Edmonds, P.L. Weissberg

Cell differentiation in vascular calcification

K.I. Boström

Mechanism of atherosclerotic calcification

A. Shioi, K. Mori, S. Jono, T. Wakikawa, Y. Hiura, H. Koyama, Y. Okuno, Y. Nishizawa, H. Morii

Atherosclerotic lesion mechanics versus biology

R.T. Lee

Mechanical behavior of calcified plaques: a summary of compression and stress-relaxation experiments

L.D.T. Topoleski, N.V. Salunke

Vascular mechanics of the coronary artery

A.I. Veress, D.G. Vince, P.M. Anderson, J.F. Cornhill, E.E. Herderick, J.D. Klingensmith, B.D. Kuban, N.L. Greenberg, J.D. Thomas

Medial arterial calcification and diabetes mellitus

M.E. Edmonds

Quantification of plaque volume, shear stress on the endothelium, and mechanical properties of the arterial wall with intravascular ultrasound imaging

N. Bom, C.L. de Korte, J.J. Wentzel, R. Krams, S.G. Carlier, A.W.F. van der Steen, C.J. Slager, J.R.T.C. Roelandt

Coronary calcification: assessment by intravascular ultrasound imaging

A. Maehara, P.J. Fitzgerald

Intravascular ultrasound insights into plaque composition

F. Prati, E. Arbustini, A. Labellarte, B. Dal Bello, M.T. Mallus, L. Sommariva, A. Pagano, A. Boccanelli

Assessment of atherosclerotic arterial changes in the carotid artery with noninvasive ultrasound

A. Schmidt-Trucksäss, M. Huonker

Electron beam computed tomography: calcification and lipid lowering interventions

M.J. Budoff

Regression of calcified coronary artery plaque assessed by electron beam computed tomography

P. Raggi

Calcium antagonists and vascular smooth muscle cell reactivity

P. Marche, O. Stepien