Cholesterol Crystals in Atherosclerosis and Other Related Diseases, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Section 1. Detection of Cholesterol Crystals-Why Was it Missing,- Chapter 1. Historical perspective.- Chapter 2. New techniques.- Section 2: Crystallography-A Molecular Perspective.- Chapter 3. Overview.- Chapter 4. Cholesterol Crystal Formation.- Section 3. Cholesterol Crystals in Atherosclerosis- Atheroma to Atherosclerosis & Beyond.- Chapter 5. Lipidology and Atherosclerosis.- Chapter 6. Studies of CCs in Cell Culture.- Chapter 7. Mechanisms of CC induced Inflammation and atherosclerosis.- Chapter 8. Rheumatology / Vascular biology - intersection of gout and atherosclerosis.- Chapter 9. Potential of Cholesterol Crystals to cause trauma.- Section 4. Cholesterol Crystal Induced Vascular Embolism & End-organ Injury.- Chapter 10. Myocardial Injury.- Chapter 11. Cerebral, Hollenhorst plaques & Amaurosis fugax, Stroke and TIA.- Chapter 12. Muscular.- Chapter 13. Cutaneous.- Chapter 14. Renal injury.- Section 5. Other Cardiac Sites of Cholesterol Crystal injury.- Chapter 15. Cardiac Valve Injury by Cholesterol Crystals.- Chapter 16. Interaction of Cholesterol Crystals and Bacteria Causing Endocarditis.- Chapter 17. Pericardial deposition.- Section 6. Interaction of Cholesterol Crystals with Other Crystalloids.- Chapter 18. Cholesterol Crystals as a nidus for calcification.- Chapter 19. Calcium phosphate crystals as inducers of inflammation.- Chapter 20. Monosodium urate crystals as triggers of inflammation.- Section 7. A Universal Role of Cholesterol Crystals Beyond Cardiac Disease.- Chapter 21. Solid Tumors with crystal induced VEGF.- Chapter 22. Alzheimer's with evidence of cholesterol crystals.- Chapter 23. Apical periodontitis.- Chapter 24. Biliary disease by cholesterol gall stones.- Chapter 25. Ocular retinal injury in diabetic retinopathy.- Section 8. Therapeutic Implications - Targeting Cholesterol Crystal Induced Disease.- Chapter 26. Lipid lowering with Statins.- Chapter 27. Anti-inflammatory Colchicine, canakinumab, Aspirin.- Chapter 28. Future Directions and Developments Cyclodextrin.