Der vorliegende Band "Pradisponierende Bedingungen flir akute Ischamiesyn drome" fasst die Ergebnisse eines internationalen Symposiums zusammen, das am 14. und 15. Oktober 1988 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen stattfand. Die Herausgeber dieses Buches danken den Autoren herzlich flir ihre Bemuhungen, die Manuskripte bereits vor dem Treffen fertigzustellen, der Bayer AG flir ihre grosszugige Unter stutzung und dem Verlag flir die effiziente Zusammenarbeit. All diese Teilanstren gungen haben gemeinsam das rasche Erscheinen dieses Bandes ermoglicht. Bei der koronaren Herzkrankheit wird die Prognose flir...

2 Diagnostic Use of Radiographic Methods in Coronary Disease...56 3 Material...58 4 Mode of Operation ...62 5 Radiological Projections...63 6 Monitoring of Cardiac Parameters ...64 7 Pharmacological Tests ...66 7. 1 Coronary Arteries ...66 7. 2 Left Ventricle...67 8 Accidents and Risks of Coronary Arteriography ...67 References ...68 III Angiographic Explorations: Normal Results ...71 1 Left Ventricle and Left Ventricular Function 71 1. 1 Radiological Anatomy...71 1. 2 Normal Kinetics...77 1. 3 Analysis of Wall Contraction ...78 1. 4 Volumes and Function Indexes...81 2 Coronary Arteries and...

"Predisposing conditions for acute ischemic syndromes" contains the proceedings of a conference held in Garmisch-Partenkirchcn, West Germany, October 14 and 15, 1988. The editors of this volume arc most grateful to the authors for their effort to provide manuscripts before the meeting, to the sponsor, Bayer AG, for their gen erous support, and to the publishers for the efficient collaboration, all of which have made the appearance of this book possible. All authors contributed their manu scripts in advance and they arc combined with an edited version orlhe discussions to allow rapid...

"Silent Ischemia, Current Concepts and Management" contains the proceedings of a conference held in Rottach-Egern, West Germany, March 5 to 7, 1987. We are most grateful to the authors for the effort to provide manuscripts before the meeting, to the sponsor, Bayer AG, for their generous support and to the publishers for their efficient collaboration, all of which have made the appearance of this book possible. When discussing silent myocardial ischemia, the first question is: "why is it silent?." To approach this question, a deeper look has to be taken into the pathophysiology of cardiac pain...