1. Types and Pathology of Vascular Calcification 2. Calcification and Atherosclerosis Progression 3. Basic Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Calcification 4. CT and Calcification: Understanding its Role in Risk Prediction 5. Intravascular Imaging and Coronary Calcification 6. Influence of Race and Other Risk Factors such as Diabetes and Renal Failure on Coronary Calcification 7. Vascular Calcification in Response to Pharmacologic Intervention 8. Clinical Perspective 9. Imaging of Vascular Calcification: Where Are We Headed?
Dr. Aloke Virmani Finn is a physician-scientist whose focus is on the pathology of cardiovascular disease and its treatment.?He serves as the Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer for CVPath Institute where he oversees device development research and runs a molecular lab with focus on the molecular understanding of vascular wall injury and healing, genetics of sudden cardiac death and molecular basis of coronary artery disease.? When not running CVPath, he performs interventional cardiology procedures at University of Maryland.