Coronary Artery Disease

1. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease and Refractory Angina
Shahar Lavi, David E. Kandzari, Gregory W. Barsness

2. Basic Science Concepts
Brendan Doyle, Noel Caplice

3. Coronary Artery Disease: Development and Progression
Joerg Herrmann, Amir Lerman

4. Therapeutic Goals in Patients with Refractory Angina
Mauricio G. Cohen, E. Magnus Ohman

5. Medical Therapy for Chronic Refractory Angina
Gregory W. Barsness, Thomas J. Kiernan, David R. Holmes

6. EECP
Bradley A. Bart

7. Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Timothy D. Henry, Daniel Satran

8. Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
Jignesh S. Shah, Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Roger J. Laham

9. Invasive and Device Management of Refractory Angina
E. Marc Jolicoeur, Gregory W. Barsness, Martial G. Bourassa

10. Cardiac Transplantation for Ischemic Heart Disease
Robroy H. Mac Iver, Edwin C. McGee, Patrick M. McCarthy

11. Alternative Therapies for Chronic Refractory Coronary Artery Disease
Brent A. Bauer

12. Nonspecific Placebo Effects
Piero O. Bonetti

13. Prognostic Implications of Depression in Ischemic Syndromes
Karen E. Joynt, Christopher M. O’Connor

14. Secondary Prevention Strategies
Romero Corral Abel, Lopez Jimenez Francisco, Josef Korinek, Virend Somers, Thomas E. Kottke

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology