This comprehensive reference book of coronary microcirculation broadly covers theoretical aspects, clinical cases and therapeutic considerations from an innovative perspective. Topics covered include: ischemic heart disease, silent cerebral damage, heart failure, left ventricular hypertrophy arrhythmias, and cerebral and renal microcirculation.

Microcirculation: From Bench to Bedside underlines the clinical importance of addressing coronary microcirculation with relevant clinical examples that are often encountered by practitioners. It therefore provides a critical resource on microcirculation for both specialist and non-specialist practitioners.     

I. Coronary microcirculation - Theoretical aspects

1. Basic concepts of microcirculation
2. Coronary microvascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease: lessons from large animal models
3. Dynamic testing of microcirculation
4. Study of microcirculation through direct microscopic techniques
5. Platelet function and coronary microvascular dysfunction
6. Role of perivascular tissue in microvascular dysfunction
7. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease
II.Clinical cases
8. Role of coronary microcirculation in no-reflow phenomenon in myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
9. Microcirculatory dysfunction  in  chronic angina
10. Vasospastic angina
11. Brain microcirculation and silent cerebral damage
12. Microcirculation and left ventricular hypertrophy
13. Microcirculatory dysfunction in acute  heart  failure
14. Relationship between coronary microcirculation and arrhythmias: a Janus with two faces
III.Therapeutical considerations
15. Treatment of no-reflow phenomenon
16. Lipid lowering treatment in microcirculation
17. Cell strategies to stimulate angiogenesis/vasculogenesis for improvement of microcirculation