Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine - Vol 8 . No. 2 . 2003



Inflammation &
Coronary Artery Disease




Inflammation: a common pathway in cardiovascular diseases
P. Libby




What are the practical consequences of the recognition of the important role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease and the use of C-reactive protein as a risk marker?
C. Kluft


Which tests should the physician use today to assess arterial inflammation in patients?
A. Maseri


Are markers of inflammation elevated in patients at risk for atherosclerosis because of vascular or extravascular inflammation?
J. Danesh




Surfing the Heart: The Scientist – EuroSCORE – Heart Art
C. Ceconi


Icons of Cardiology: Henry Pickering Bowditch and the founding of American physiology
A. M. Katz



M. R. Bennett


Regional accumulations of T cells, macrophages, and smooth muscle cells in the human atherosclerotic plaque
L. Jonasson and others

The interleukin-1 family: 10 years of discovery
C. A. Dinarello

Adhesion molecules - Part 1
P. S. Frenette and D. D. Wagner

The tumor necrosis factor ligand and receptor families
F. Bazzoni and B. Beutler

Scavenger receptor family proteins: roles for atherosclerosis, host defence and disorders of the central nervous system
Y. Yamada and others
Activation of receptor for advanced glycation end products: a mechanism for chronic vascular dysfunction in diabetic vasculopathy and atherosclerosis
A. M. Schmidt and others

NF-κB: pivotal mediator or innocent bystander in atherogenesis?
T. Collins and M. I. Cybulsky

New therapeutic targets revealed through investigations of innate immunity
R. J. Ulevitch

Chemokines and disease
C. Gerard and B. J. Rollins

Inflammation and atherosclerosis
P. Libby and others




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