Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naghavi, Morteza (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic atherosclerosis, available traditional screening methods for early detection and treatment of asymptomatic coronary artery disease are grossly insufficient and fail to identify the majority of victims prior to the onset of a life-...