Imaging of inflammation and infection in cardiovascular diseases / / edited by Federico Caobelli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910502664303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-81131-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.12075
• Soggetti: Heart - Imaging; Heart - Infections; Malalties cardiovasculars; Malalties del cor; Diagnòstic per la imatge; Infeccions; Inflamació; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Challenges in Patient Preparation -- 1: Challenges in Patient Preparation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Prolonged Intervals of Fasting -- 1.3 Dietary Modifications -- 1.4 Pharmacologic Approaches -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Non-ischemic Diseases -- 2: Cardiac Sarcoidosis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Screening for Cardiac Sarcoidosis -- 2.3 Diagnosis -- 2.4 Endomyocardial Biopsy: Imaging Guidance -- 2.5 CMR for Diagnosis/CMR Imaging Protocol -- 2.6 Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) -- 2.7 Imaging Myocardial Inflammation and Quantitative Tissue Characterization with CMR T1 and T2 Mapping -- 2.8 Additional CMR Findings Suggestive of Cardiac Sarcoidosis -- 2.9 Differential Diagnosis -- 2.10 Treatment: Anti-Inflammatory Therapy -- 2.11 CMR for Arrhythmogenic Risk Stratification/ICD -- 2.12 Positron Emission Tomography -- 2.13 Positron Emission Tomography with Tracers Other than 18F-FDG -- 2.14 Prognosis -- ; 2.15 Follow-up and Monitoring of Anti-Inflammatory Response -- 2.16 Hybrid PET-CMR Imaging -- 2.17 Outlook -- 2.18 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Cardiac Amyloidosis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Different Phenotypes of Cardiac Amyloidosis -- 3.1.1.1 AL Amyloidosis -- 3.1.1.2 ATTR Amyloidosis -- 3.1.2 Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis -- 3.2 Diagnosis -- 3.2.1 Endomyocardial Biopsy -- 3.2.2 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging -- 3.2.2.1 CMR Diagnosis and Imaging Protocol -- 3.2.2.2 Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) -- 3.2.2.3 Quantitative Tissue Characterization with CMR Native T1, T2 and ECV Mapping -- 3.2.2.4 Differential Diagnosis of AL vs. ATTR Amyloid -- 3.2.3 Scintigraphy -- 3.2.3.1 Bone Avid Radiotracers -- Imaging Protocols and Interpretation -- Diagnostic Accuracy -- 3.2.3.2 Innervation Radiotracers -- 3.2.4 Positron Emission Tomography (PET).; 3.2.5 Hybrid Imaging: PET/MRI -- 3.2.6 Diagnostic Algorithm for Diagnosis and Sub-Typing of Cardiac Amyloidosis -- 3.3 Treatment -- 3.4 Prognosis -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Ischemic Diseases -- 4: Molecular Imaging of Vulnerable Plaque -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Biology and Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis -- 4.2.1 History -- 4.2.2 Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis -- 4.2.2.1 Initiation of Atherosclerosis -- Vascular Endothelium and Atherosclerosis -- Hemodynamics Forces in Atherosclerosis -- Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol -- Surface Adhesion Molecules -- Foam Cells Formation -- Progression of Atherosclerosis -- Smooth Muscle Cells and Atherosclerosis -- Calcification -- Plaque Neoangiogenesis -- Innate Immunity Cells in Atherosclerosis -- Adaptive Immunity in Atherosclerosis -- 4.2.3 Complication of Atherosclerosis -- 4.2.3.1 Inducible Ischemia -- 4.2.3.2 Plaque Rupture -- 4.2.3.3 Plaque Erosion -- 4.3 Metabolism of Glucose in Atherosclerosis -- 4.3.1 Glucose and Immune Cells -- 4.3.2 Imaging Inflammation in Atherosclerosis Using Glucose Metabolism -- 4.4 Targeting Chemokine Receptor Expression in Vulnerable Plaque -- 4.4.1 Technological Advancements: PET/MRI and Chemokine Receptor -- 4.4.2 Radiopharmaceutical Agents Advancements: Theragnostic and Chemochine Receptor -- 4.5 Targeting Microcalcification in Atherosclerosis -- 4.5.1 Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcium Deposition -- 4.5.2 Cardiovascular Risk Quantification -- 4.5.3 High/Risk Coronary Plaque Evaluation -- 4.5.4 Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition/Activity Assessment -- 4.6 Targeting Neovascularization in Atherosclerosis -- 4.7 Targeting SSRT-2 Receptor Expression in Atherosclerosis with DOTA-Derivatives-PET -- 4.8 Summary -- References -- 5: Post-Infarction Inflammatory Alterations -- 5.1 General Introduction.; 5.2 Biology of Ventricular Remodeling -- 5.2.1 Pathobiology of Ventricular Remodeling Post-MI -- 5.2.2 The Inflammatory Response -- 5.2.2.1 Resident Inflammatory Cells -- Mast Cells -- Macrophages -- 5.2.2.2 Infiltrating Inflammatory Cells -- Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes -- Monocytes and Macrophages -- Dendritic Cells -- T and B Lymphocytes -- 5.2.2.3 Cardiomyocytes and ECM -- 5.2.3 Animal Models to Study Post-AMI Inflammation -- 5.2.3.1 Small Animal Models -- Open Chest -- Coronary Artery Ligation -- Topical Application of FeCl3 -- Closed Chest -- Isoproterenol Injection -- 5.2.3.2 Large Animal Models -- Open Chest -- Coronary Artery Ligation -- Gradual Constriction -- Hydraulic Occluder -- Topical Application of FeCl3 -- Closed Chest -- Balloon Inflation -- Embolization -- Endothelial Electrical Injury -- 5.3 The Role of Molecular Imaging -- 5.3.1 Cardiac MRI -- 5.3.2 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography -- 5.3.3 Positron Emission ; Tomography -- 5.4 Imaging Targets -- 5.4.1 Metabolic Activity -- 5.4.2 Labeled Cells -- 5.4.3 Membrane Receptors -- 5.4.4 Somatostatin Receptors -- 5.4.5 Mannose Receptor -- 5.4.6 Folate Receptor -- 5.4.7 Translocator Protein -- 5.4.8 Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) -- 5.4.9 Chemokine Receptors -- 5.4.10 Lymphocyte Markers -- 5.4.10.1 Adhesion Molecules -- 5.4.10.2 Extracellular (Matrix) Components -- 5.5 Hybrid Imaging: The Added Value of Hybrid Imaging -- 5.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part IV: Infection -- 6: Infection: Pericarditis -- 6.1 Pericardial Anatomy -- 6.2 Pericardial Pathologies -- 6.3 Aetiology and Pathophysiology -- 6.4 Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis -- 6.5 Computed Tomography -- 6.6 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) -- 6.6.1 Typical CMR Protocol for the Evaluation of Pericardial Disease -- 6.6.2 CMR and Acute Pericarditis.; 6.6.3 CMR and Pericardial Effusions -- 6.6.4 CMR and Pericardial Constriction -- 6.6.5 Constrictive-Effusive Pericarditis -- 6.7 Molecular Imaging -- 6.8 Basics of Treatment -- 6.9 Conclusion -- References -- 7: Infection: Myocarditis -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Aetiology and Pathogenesis -- 7.3 From Acute Myocarditis to Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure -- 7.4 Clinical Presentations and Diagnosis -- 7.5 Endomyocardial Biopsy -- 7.6 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) -- 7.7 Infectious Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy -- 7.7.1 Idiopathic/Post-Viral Myocarditis -- 7.8 Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and Myocarditis -- 7.9 Non-Infectious Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy -- 7.9.1 Connective Tissue Disease -- 7.9.1.1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- 7.9.1.2 Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 7.9.1.3 Systemic Sclerosis/Systemic Scleroderma -- 7.9.1.4 Behçet's Disease -- 7.9.1.5 Polyarteritis Nodosa -- 7.10 Eosinophilic Myocarditis/Endomyocardial fibrosis -- 7.10.1 EGPA -- 7.10.2 Infectious Endomyocarditis and Endomyocardial Fibrosis -- 7.10.3 Haematological -- 7.11 Drug-Induced or Toxic Myocarditis -- 7.12 Inflammatory Myositis -- 7.13 Giant Cell Myocarditis -- 7.14 Genetic Causes -- 7.15 Molecular Imaging -- 7.16 Hybrid Imaging -- 7.17 Summary -- References -- 8: Cardiac Devices Infection -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Scintigraphy in Cardiac Devices Infection -- 8.2.1 Radiolabelling of White Blood Cells with 99mTc-HMPAO or 111In-oxine -- 8.2.2 Image Acquisition -- 8.2.3 Image Interpretation -- 8.2.4 Radiolabelled WBC Scintigraphy of CIED Infection -- 8.2.5 Radiolabelled WBC Imaging of Left Ventricular Assist Devices Infection -- 8.2.6 Merits and Limitations of Radiolabelled WBC Scintigraphy in Cardiac Devices Infection: Alternative SPECT Tracers -- 8.3 FDG PET/CT Imaging of Cardiac Devices Infection.; 8.3.1 Patient Preparation -- 8.3.1.1 Suppression of Myocardial FDG Uptake -- 8.3.1.2 Withdrawal of Medications -- 8.3.2 Image Acquisition and Interpretation -- 8.3.3 FDG PET/CT Imaging of CIED Infection -- 8.3.4 FDG PET/CT Imaging of LVAD Infection -- 8.3.5 FDG PET/CT for Extra-Cardiac Disease in Patients Assessed for Cardiac Devices Infection -- 8.4 Comparative Performance of Radionuclide WBC Scintigraphy and FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Devices Infection -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9: Endocarditis -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) -- 9.2.1 67Ga-citrate Scintigraphy -- 9.2.2 Labelled Leukocytes Scintigraphy -- 9.2.3 Other SPECT Tracers -- 9.3 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) -- 9.4 Concluding Remarks -- References.

Backlash Against the ADA [[electronic resource] ] : Reinterpreting Disability Rights

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791233103321
• Autore: Krieger Linda Hamilton
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-59379-X; 9786612593796; 0-472-02549-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Collana: Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
• Disciplina: 342.73/087
• Soggetti: Electronic books. -- local; People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; People with disabilities -- United States -- History; Disabled Legislation - U.S; Law - U.S; Law, Politics & Government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction / Linda Hamilton Krieger; Accommodations and the ADA: Unreasonable Bias or Biased Reasoning? / Harlan Hahn; Judicial Backlash, the ADA, and the Civil Rights Model of Disability / Matthew Diller; Bending Over Backwards: Disability, Narcissism, and the Law / Lennard J. Davis; Plain Meaning and Mitigating Measures: Judicial Construction of the Meaning of Disability / Wendy E. Parmet; The ADA and the Meaning of Disability / Kay Schriner and Richard K. Scotch; Psychiatric Disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the New Workplace Violence Account / Vicki A. Laden and Gregory SchwartzFrom Plessy (1896) and Goesart (1948) to Cleburne (1985) and Garrett (2001): A Chill Wind from the Past Blows Equal Protection Away / Anita Silvers and Michael Ashley Stein; Backlash, the Political Economy, and Structural Exclusion / Marta Russell; Administrative Remedies and Legal Disputes: Evidence on Key Controversies Underlying Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act / ; Stephen L. Percy; The Death of Section 504 / Ruth Colker; Sociolegal Backlash / Linda Hamilton KriegerContributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Disability rights lawyers, activists, and scholars weigh in on the hot-potato issue of the last decade

Russie et révolution dans la théorie marxiste / / Amadeo Bordiga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910131220703321
• Autore: Bordiga Amadeo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2007
• ISBN: 1-4123-5826-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 pages)
• Collana: Classiques des sciences sociales
• Disciplina: 947.0864
• Soggetti: Russia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Partie I.--RÉVOLUTION EUROPÉENNE ET AIRE «GRAND-SLAVE»--1.--La «grande» révolution--2.--Deux grandes interprétations--3.--L'interprétation du marxisme--4.--Série des révolutions--5.--Des révolutions qui se chevauchent--6.--Trois aspects de la doctrine marxiste--7.--Aires et périodes de la révolution d'Europe--8.--Essai de sériation des aires--9.--L'aire grand-slave--10.--L'État russe et l'Europe--11.--Marx et le slavisme--12.--La question orientale--13.--La véritable issue en Turquie--14.--Que vienne la guerre !--15.--Sébastopol à l'ordre du jour--16.--Europe et Asie--17.--Le meeting de Martin's hall--18.--Bakounine, le Tsar, le Panslavisme--19.--La Russie de l'intérieur--20.--Plan d'une contre-thèse défaitiste--21.--Les preuves du diable--22.--Consigne d'Engels sur les choses russes--23.--Le travail ingrat--24.--Tableau social de la Russie--25.--Révolution de paysans ?--26.--Critères du matérialisme historique--27.--Agriculture stable et formes politiques--28.--Forme germanique et révolution chrétienne--29.--Forme slave d'organisation de la terre--30.--Domaines et cycles européens et asiatiques--31.--Forme asiatique dense et forme asiatique clairsemée--32.--Quatre itinéraires ; du capital--33.--La communauté rurale et la Russie--34.--Engels et la philosophie du « Mir ».--35.--Altération historique de la communauté--36.--Le déclin social du moujik--37.--Passé et avenir de la culture collective--38.--Le bilan d'Engels en 1875--39.--Prononciation du verdict--40.--Vingt ans après--41.--Déclin ultérieur du village--42.--La lettre de Marx--43.--Avancée du capitalisme--44.--Le dernier bilan--45.--Le marxisme classique européen - la Russie--46.--Le drame grand-slave--47.--Les perspectives du parti marxiste en Russie--Partie II.--PARTI PROLÉTARIEN DE CLASSE ET ATTENTE DE LA RÉVOLUTION DOUBLE --1.--Sortie originale de l'« ancien régime »--2.--Concordances léonines--3.--Tableau social russe jusqu'au XIX° siècle. L'État.--4.--Les classes agraires--5.--L'indice des punaises.--6.--Les couches de la population agricole--7.--Les trois zones russes--8.--Réforme ou révolution agraire ?--9.--L'avancée du capital--10.--Gloire d'Octobre--11.--Le développement industriel--12.--Quelques chiffres essentiels--13.--Indices ferroviaires--14.--Volumes de la production--15.--Comparaison internationale--16.--La statistique des entreprises--17.--Composition de la population--18.--Force de la classe ouvrière--19.--Comparaison avec l'Italie--20.--Où va la Russie ?--21.--Les mouvements politiques--22.--Partis des classes possédantes--23.--Partis populaires et partis ouvriers--24.--Le marxisme apparaît--25.--Critique du populisme--26.--Paysans et prolétaires--27.--Individualité et communauté--28.--Lénine et le populisme--29.--Dissidences externes et internes--30.--« autodélimitations » classiques et russes.--31.--Étagères de la bibliothèque de Charles--32.--Première crise interne : marxisme légal--33.--Contre le strouvisme--34.--Lutte contre l'« économisme »--35.--La révolution monopole bourgeois !--36.--Question d'organisation--37.--Condamnation des « autonomies »--38.--Spontanéité et conscience--39.--Masses et parti--40.--Lutte pour la démocratie et prolétariat.--41.--Formules magiques de Lénine--42.--Le passage difficile--43.--La perspective historique--44.--Lénine et la question agraire--45.--Brève parenthèse historique--46.--Contre-révolution et révolution--47.--La réaction de Stolypine--48.--Marxisme et programme agraire--49.--Nationalisation--50.--Municipalisation--51.--Partage--52.--Coups portés à nouveau en 1913--53.--La question politique--54.--Les termes de l'opposition--55.--Le gouvernement provisoire--56.--La tactique opportuniste--57.--Dictature démocratique bourgeoise--58.--Une comparaison historique--59.--Internationalisme.