High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaques
Subtitle: Mechanisms, Imaging, Models, and Therapy
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780849330285
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Oncology; Diagnostic Imaging; Medical / Nursing; Medical; diagnosis; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerotic plaque; therapy
First sentence: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States and much of the western world and is predicted to be the leading global killer by 2020.1