1. Foreword

   Pages: S001 - S001

2. Coronary calcification: assessment by intravascular ultrasound imaging

   • A. Maehara
   • P.J. Fitzgerald

   Pages: S112 - S116

3. Regression of calcified coronary artery plaque assessed by electron beam computed tomography

   • P. Raggi

   Pages: S135 - S139

4. Physiology and pathophysiology of calcium homeostasis

   • R.F. Greger

   Pages: S004 - S008

5. Ca²⁺ channels, Ca²⁺ sparks, and regulation of arterial smooth muscle function

   • M. Gollasch
   • M. Löhn
   • H. Haller

   Pages: S015 - S019

6. Natural history of calcium deposits in atherosclerosis progression and regression

   • H.C. Stary

   Pages: S028 - S035

7. Coronary calcification: insights from sudden coronary death victims

   • A.P. Burke
   • A. Taylor
   • R. Virmani

   Pages: S049 - S053

8. Cell differentiation in vascular calcification

   • K.I. Boström

   Pages: S069 - S074

9. Atherosclerotic lesion mechanics versus biology

   • R.T. Lee

   Pages: S080 - S084

10. Vascular mechanics of the coronary artery

    • A.I. Veress
    • D.G. Vince
    • J.D. Thomas

    Pages: S092 - S100

11. Intravascular ultrasound insights into plaque composition

    • F. Prati
    • E. Arbustini
    • A. Boccanelli

    Pages: S117 - S123

12. Quantification of plaque volume, shear stress on the endothelium, and mechanical properties of the arterial wall with intravascular ultrasound imaging

    • N. Bom
    • C.L. de Korte
    • J.R.T.C. Roelandt

    Pages: S105 - S111

13. Electron beam computed tomography: calcification and lipid lowering interventions

    • M.J. Budoff

    Pages: S130 - S134

14. Calcium antagonists and vascular smooth muscle cell reactivity

    • P. Marche
    • O. Stepien

    Pages: S140 - S144

15. Vascular calcium: an interdisciplinary perspective

    • P. Lanzer

    Introduction Pages: S002 - S003

16. Calcium ions as extracellular, first messengers

    • D. Riccardi

    Pages: S009 - S014

17. Role of pericytes in vascular calcification: a review

    • A.E. Canfield
    • M.J. Doherty
    • R.P. Boot-Handford

    Pages: S020 - S027

18. Atherosclerotic carotid arteries – calcification and radio-morphological findings

    • T. Deneke
    • P.H. Grewe
    • K.-M. Müller

    Pages: S036 - S048

19. Expression of mineralisation-regulating proteins in association with human vascular calcification

    • C.M. Shanahan
    • D. Proudfoot
    • P.L. Weissberg

    Pages: S063 - S068

20. Mechanism of atherosclerotic calcification

    • A. Shioi
    • K. Mori
    • H. Morii

    Pages: S075 - S079

21. Mechanical behavior of calcified plaques: a summary of compression and stress-relaxation experiments

    • L.D.T. Topoleski
    • N.V. Salunke

    Pages: S085 - S091

22. Medial arterial calcification and diabetes mellitus

    • M.E. Edmonds

    Pages: S101 - S104

23. Assessment of atherosclerotic arterial changes in the carotid artery with noninvasive ultrasound

    • A. Schmidt-Trucksäss
    • M. Huonker

    Pages: S124 - S129

24. Vascular smooth muscle and arterial calcification

    • G.R. Campbell
    • J.H. Campbell

    Pages: S054 - S062