Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Complement Activation in the Atherosclerotic Plaque: The Aftermath
Sonia I. Vlaicu^1,2, Alexandru Tatomir¹, Violeta Rus^3, and Horea Rus^1,4
1Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
²Department of Internal Medicine, 1^st Medical Clinic, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
⁴Neurology Service, Veterans Administration Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Chapter 2. The Role of CMR in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients with Aortic Stenosis
Chuan Zhang, MD, Li Xu and Li Tao
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Chapter 3. Risk Factor Variability: Association with Cardiovascular Outcomes
Kohichiro Iwasaki, MD
Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Heisei Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Chapter 4. Clinical Trials on Palliative Care in Heart Failure: A Review of the Last Five Years
Cristina Rosa Felipe and Julián Solís García del Pozo
Department of Internal Medicine, Albacete University Hospital Complex, Albacete, Spain

Chapter 5. Cognitive Function in the Long-Term Period of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Middle-Aged and Older Male Patients
Irina V. Tarasova¹, Olga A. Trubnikova¹, Olga M. Razumnikova², Irina D. Syrova¹, Anastasia S. Sosnina¹, Darya S. Kupriyanova¹ and Olga L. Barbarash^1
1Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
²Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Chapter 6. A Heart, Alzheimer’s Syndrome, Molecular Mechanism of Fibrillation and Arrest: Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Kristina Zubow¹, Anatolij Zubow² and Viktor Zubow^1
1R&D, Zubow Consulting (NPO), Heide, Peenehagen, Germany
²Dept. Telecommunication Networks Group, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Chapter 7. Atrial Septal Defects: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Gianluigi Perri MD, PhD and Lorenzo Galletti, MD, PhD
Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology and Heart and Lung Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Chapter 8. The Molecular Mechanism of SA Cells in the Heart
Kristina Zubow¹, Anatolij Zubow² and Viktor Zubow^1
1R&D, Zubow Consulting (NPO), Germany
²Dept. Telecommunication Networks Group, TU Berlin, Germany

Chapter 9. The Mathematical Modeling and Progressive Prototyping of a Clinically Feasible Temporary Aortic Valve
Paul C. Ho, MD, MSc
Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, HOCOR Cardiovascular Technologies, Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Chapter 10. Acupuncture in Hypertension: Benefits and Side Effects
Jeffry Alamsjah¹, MD, Resti Victoria Fanggidae¹, MD, Visto Pangestu¹, MD, Hasan Mihardja¹, DR, MHSc, MD and Laurentia Konadi Mihardja^2,3, DR, MSc, MD
¹Medical Acupuncture Program, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia
²National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
³Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Malahayati, Lampung, Indonesia

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