From Vessel to Muscle—an Integrative Approach to Ischemic Heart Disease
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 851
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chronic heart failure; cardiac biomarkers; ischemic heart disease
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Interests: cardiology; internal medicine; heart failure; atherosclerosis; arterial hypertension
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Interests: cardiovascular disease; atherosclerosis; arterial thrombosis; venous thrombosis; anticoagulants; hereditary thrombophilia; inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a common health problem in the general population worldwide. It brings high morbidity and mortality and negatively impacts the quality of life, work capacity, and social integration. The pressure that IHD exerts on the healthcare system is enormous. First of all, there is a large and constantly growing number of patients with IHD who require long-term monitoring and treatment. Second, there are acute life-threatening events that compel rapid, complex, and resource-intensive interventions.
Sustained efforts are being made every day to ensure that advances in the field are translated into daily practice. The diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic coronary syndromes have become extremely complex and are moving steadily towards personalized medicine. The integrative approach to IHD brings different specialists into a single team. Clinical and interventional cardiologists work together with cardiovascular surgeons, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, emergency doctors, and intensivists to achieve the best care for patients with IHD.
Multimodal assessment of coronary circulation, diagnosis of electrical and mechanical disturbances triggered by myocardial ischemia, endovascular therapies, and highly specialized coronary and cardiac procedures and devices represent daily challenges for attending physicians. We are convinced that therapeutic success lies in a synchronous multispecialty approach, carried out with the highest level of competence. We invite colleagues with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease to share their experience with us, through original articles and reviews, to improve the care of our patients.
Prof. Dr. Irina Iuliana Costache Enache
Prof. Dr. Ciprian Rezus
Dr. Minerva Codruta Badescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ischemic heart disease
- atherosclerotic plaque features
- microvascular dysfunction
- coronary vasospasm
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary computed tomography angiography
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