Chronic Coronary Syndromes: New Diagnosis and Therapeutic Options
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (14 February 2021) | Viewed by 30736
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced cardiovascular imaging; CMR; echocardiography; cardiovascular emergencies
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Dear Colleagues,
Ischaemic heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that more than 1 in 7 deaths in 2018 were caused by ischaemic heart disease.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pathological process characterized by atherosclerotic plaque accumulation in the epicardial arteries, whether obstructive or non-obstructive. According to recent European Society Guidelines, this process can be modified by lifestyle adjustments, pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies, and invasive interventions designed to achieve disease stabilization or regression.
Patients with CAD can have long, stable periods but can also become unstable at any time, typically due to an acute atherothrombotic event caused by plaque rupture or erosion. However, the disease is chronic, most often progressive, and hence serious, even in clinically apparently silent periods. The dynamic nature of the CAD process results in various clinical presentations, which can be conveniently categorized as either acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). This Special Issue on "Chronic Coronary Syndromes: New Diagnosis and Therapeutic Options" aims to update researchers and clinicians by summarizing the remarkable progress made recently in the field of diagnosis, targeted therapy, and prognosis of CCS.
Prof. Dr. Antonello D'Andrea
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic coronary syndromes
- echocardiography
- strain
- stress echocardiography
- coronary computed tomography
- dyslipidemia
- cardiac rehabilitation
- ischemic heart disease