Regression of atherosclerotic lesions. Experimental studies and observations in humans: Edited by M. R. Malinow and V. H. Blaton. NATO ASI Series A. Life Sciences, Vol. 79. 355 pp. 1984. Plenum Press, New York, $52.50

Abstract

I. Regression of Atherosclerosis in Animals.- The Pathobiology of the Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Mid-1980s.- Interaction of Therapeutic Diets and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs in Regression Studies in Animals.- Progression and Regression of Nonhuman Primate Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis: Considerations of Experimental Design.- The Comparative Pathology of Nonhuman Primate Atherosclerosis.- Plant Glycosides. Effects on Atherosclerosis Regression in Macaca fascicularis.- Plasma Lipoprotein Changes Induced by Diets. Effect on Progression and Regression of Arterial Lesions in Nonhuman Primates.- Regression of Arterial Lesions in Animal Models: Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopic Aspects.- Use of Cholesteryl Ester Analogs to Study Transport of Lipoproteins in Intact Animals.- Interaction Between Lipids and the Intercellular Matrix of the Arterial Wall: Its Role in the Evolution of the Atherosclerotic Lesion.- II. Studies on Human Atherosclerosis.- The Evolution of Human Atherosclerotic Lesions.- Possible Recognition of Atherosclerosis Regression in Humans.- High-Density Lipoproteins and Their Role in Preventing or Retarding Atherosclerosis.- Studies on Arterial Interstitial Fluid.- Comparison of the Morphology of Atherosclerotic Lesions in the Coronary Arteries of Man with Morphology of Lesions Produced and Regressed in Experimental Primates.- Control or Reversal of Atherosclerosis Through Therapy of Lipid Disorders.- Planning and Evaluation of Studies on Atherosclerosis in Controlled Clinical Trials.- Status of Controlled Clinical Trials in Peripheral Vessel Atherosclerosis.- Regression of Atherosclerosis in Man: Current Data and Their Methodological Limitations.- Regression of Femoral Atherosclerosis in Humans: Methodological and Clinical Problems Associated with Studies of Femoral Atherosclerosis Development as Assessed by Angiograms.- Regression of Atherosclerosis in Humans: Anatomical Evidence from Postmortem Studies.