Atherosclerosis Clinical Evaluation and Therapy: Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting on Atherosclerosis held in Bologna, Italy 23–25 November 1981

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Atherosclerosis today....Pages 3-15
Plasma lipid and lipoprotein distribution in a Jerusalem population sample. Genetic and environmental effects; preliminary report....Pages 17-21
So-called minor risk factors in atherogenesis....Pages 23-27
Cardiovascular risk in obesity....Pages 29-39
Lipoprotein alterations in alcoholics....Pages 41-46
Hyperuricaemia and atherosclerosis....Pages 47-52
Atherosclerosis and orthostatic arterial hypotension....Pages 53-60
The epidemiology of high density lipoproteins: The Lipid Research Clinics Program Prevalence Study....Pages 61-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Possible connections between classic and new aetiopathogenetic tendencies in coronary heart disease....Pages 79-90
Ultrastructural views during myocardial ischaemia....Pages 91-93
Provocative tests for coronary arterial spasm in patients with ischaemic heart disease....Pages 95-102
Altered arachidonic acid metabolism in platelets and in vessel wall in patients with ischaemic heart disease....Pages 103-111
Fatty-acid transport in the myocardium....Pages 113-117
The ischaemic area: evaluation and attempts to limit extension....Pages 119-129
The good and bad of lowering serum cholesterol....Pages 131-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Atherosclerosis in the world: the European point of view....Pages 141-154
Heart-brain relationship: cerebral ischaemia in six additional cases with mitral-valve prolapse....Pages 155-158
Cerebral circulation and metabolism with positron emission tomography: ischaemia redefined?....Pages 159-164
Cerebral ischaemia: systemic risk factors and their prevention....Pages 165-169
Clinical and neuropsychological aspects of chronic cerebrovascular disorders....Pages 171-175
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Treatment and pathogenesis of cerebrocircular disturbances in patients with heart disease and arrhythmia....Pages 177-185
Therapeutic prospects of acute cerebral ischaemia....Pages 187-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Dietary proteins and atherosclerosis....Pages 205-215
Experimental and clinical studies on the cholesterol lowering activity of the soybean protein diet....Pages 217-224
Hypocholesterolaemic effects of soy protein in relation to amino-acid composition: experimental researches....Pages 225-230
Hormonal effects of soybean protein diet....Pages 231-242
Hepatobiliary effects of soybean protein diet....Pages 243-248
Treatment of hypercholesterolaemic patients with soybean protein....Pages 249-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Exercise electrocardiograms in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease....Pages 269-282
Radionuclide techniques in the study of ischaemic heart disease....Pages 283-295
Diagnostic visualization of ischaemic myocardium....Pages 297-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
The role of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and prostaglandins in reducing blood pressure and improving thrombogenic indices....Pages 315-332
Epidemiology and prevention of coronary heart disease in North Karelia: results from the North Karelia project and associated studies with special reference to nutrition and serum cholesterol....Pages 333-341
Coronary risk factors and mortality for coronary and non-coronary events....Pages 343-351
Precursors of atherosclerosis in children; the Cittadella Study: familial aggregation of serum cholesterol....Pages 353-356
The Brisighella Study....Pages 357-366
Lipoprotein profile in a group of young people on regular physical activity (ISEF study)....Pages 367-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Brain ageing and dopaminergic drugs: a possible pharmacological profile for suloctidil....Pages 375-382
Clinical study on the action of suloctidil in cerebrovascular syndromes. A multi-centre investigation....Pages 383-399
Treatment of chronic cerebrovascular disorders....Pages 401-405
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Association of surgical and medical therapy in cerebral ischaemia....Pages 407-421
Medical treatment of peripheral vascular disease....Pages 423-436
Suloctidil in intermittent claudication: clinical and plethysmographic results....Pages 437-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Metabolic and haemorheological aspects in ischaemia of the lower limbs....Pages 445-452
The identification of the variation of atherosclerosis plaques by invasive and non-invasive methods....Pages 453-465
Coronary artery bypass as treatment in angina pectoris....Pages 467-471
Surgery in the therapy of atherosclerosis: partial ileal bypass....Pages 473-484
Concluding remarks....Pages 485-487
Back Matter....Pages 489-498