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With contributions by numerous experts

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In the past few years, the most exciting advances have occured in vascular diagnostics. First of all, well-established techniques like ultrasound have been further refined and developed (intravascular ultrasound). Furthermore, diagnostic investigations could be linked to treatment itself. More and more interventional techniques (the most popular is still percutaneous transluminary angioplasty - PTCA) have been introduced into daily routine. Radiologists and cardiologists are working more and more together, a fact which is reflected by the international group of experts bringing here the knowledge from both fields together for the first time.

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I: Noninvasive Techniques.- Section I: General Vascular Diagnostics.- Vascular Physical Examination.- Laboratory Examinations.- Section II: Metabolic Vascular Diagnostics.- Diagnostics of Lipids and Lipoproteins.- Diagnostics of Homocysteine Metabolism.- Section III: Vascular Ultrasonography.- Imaging Technology.- Cerebrovascular Ultrasonography.- Quantitative Ultrasonography of Carotid and Femoral Arteries.- Abdominal and Pelvic Vascular Ultrasonography.- Peripheral Vascular Ultrasonography.- II: Invasive Techniques in Periinterventional Evaluations.- Section I: Radiographic Angiography.- Imaging Technology.- Angiographic Contrast Agents.- Cerebrovascular Angiography.- Coronary Angiography.- Quantitative and Qualitative Coronary Angiography.- Quantitative Coronary Angiography in Interventional Cardiology.- Thoracic and Upper Extremity Arteriography.- Abdominal Arteriography.- Peripheral Angiography.- Section II: Radiographic Venography.- Central and Peripheral Venography.- III: Work-in-Progress.- Section I: Vascular Magnetic Resonance.- MR Principles and Technology.- MR Angiographic Imaging.- Cerebrovascular MR Imaging.- Coronary MR Imaging.- Peripheral Vascular MR Imaging.- Section II: Computed Tomography.- Computed Tomographic Angiography.- Section III: Intravascular Ultrasound.- Coronary Intravascular Ultrasonography.- Peripheral Intravascular Ultrasonography.- Section IV: Angioscopy.- Coronary Angioscopy.- Peripheral Angioscopy.

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