Medicographia N° 118 (Vol 36 – N° 1 – 2014)

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EDITORIAL

• Stable coronary artery disease in the 21st century: old concepts revisited
  La maladie coronaire stable au 21e siècle : évolution des concepts
  C. J. Pepine, USA

THEMED ARTICLES

• Coronary artery disease epidemics: not all the same
  C. M. Reid, A. J. Owen, B. Freedman, Australia
• The evolving clinical patterns of chronic coronary artery disease: clarifying the picture
  P. G. Steg, France
• Impact of stable coronary artery disease on quality of life: the patient’s perspective
  M. Tendera, Poland
• Rethinking the pathophysiology of stable coronary artery disease
  A. Huqi, M. Marzilli, Italy
• Pathophysiology and clinical significance of plaque rupture
  G. Niccoli, F. Fracassi, F. Crea Italy
• Evolving concepts in defining optimal strategies for the management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease
  S. K. Padala, M. S. Sidhu, W. E. Boden, USA
• Rethinking stent implantation for stable coronary artery disease
  W. Wijns, Belgium
• Heart rate and atherosclerotic plaque rupture: pathophysiological evidence and clinical perspectives
  C. Gebhard, E. A. Kritikou, J. C. Tardif, Canada

CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION

• Should stable CAD patients without angina receive anti-ischemic therapy?
  M. Abdel Hamid, Egypt – S. Al-Saif, Saudi Arabia – E. Atalar, Turkey – L. M. Cesar, Brazil – G. H. Choo, Malaysia – X. Garcia-Moll, Spain – Y. Karpov, Russia – U. Laufs, Germany – N. Mewton, France – T. Q. Nguyen, Vietnam – A. N. Parkhomenko, Ukraine – R. Seabra-Gomes, Portugal – S. Y. Tan, Singapore – C. J. Vaughan, Ireland – P. H. Zelveian, Armenia

PROCORALAN

• Clinical benefits of Procoralan (ivabradine): evidence and perspectives
  I. Elyubaeva, France

INTERVIEW

• SIGNIFY: hope for new perspectives in CAD management »
  K. Fox, United Kingdom

FOCUS

• Clinical perspectives in assessment of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques
  R. Klingenberg, O. Gaemperli, T. F. Lüscher Switzerland

A TOUCH OF FRANCE

• Taking Paris by storm: Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father and first ambassador to France
  T. J. Fleming, USA

• Dr Benjamin Franklin’s scientific and medical legacy
  J. V. Hirschmann, USA