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Marker dell’aterosclerosi

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Il rallentamento della progressione della malattia aterosclerotica coronarica, tradizionalmente valutata mediante angiografia quantitativa, appare chiaramente associato a una sostanziale riduzione degli eventi coronarici. Nuove tecniche di imaging diagnostico si sono oggi imposte come validi strumenti per valutare la progressione della placca aterosclerotica e l’efficacia delle strategie terapeutiche di prevenzione della malattia coronarica. In un’era in cui la realizzazione di grandi trial randomizzati può diventare impraticabile a causa del contenimento dei costi e della riduzione delle risorse sociali, i risultati ottenuti con tali metodiche vengono vieppiù utilizzati come obiettivi finali di studi clinici disegnati per valutare l’efficacia di nuove terapie preventive. Capire le indicazioni e le applicazioni di metodiche quali la tomografia computerizzata coronarica, l’ecografia della parete carotidea, la risonanza magnetica cardiaca e l’ecografia intravascolare è divenuto pertanto di primaria importanza. Il presente capitolo ha l’obiettivo di fare il punto sull’applicazione di varie modalità di diagnostica per immagini nel campo della prevenzione cardiovascolare.

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(2010). Marker dell’aterosclerosi. In: Aterosclerosi. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1412-1_9

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