ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY; DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE; Editor's page; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS; PREFACE; FOREWORD --;THE POWER OF SOUND; POSTSCRIPT; ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY; 1. BASIC PHYSICS OF LOW FREQUENCY THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; 2. SONOCHEMISTRY: USES OF ULTRASOUND IN CHEMISTRY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES ; 3. ULTRASOUND BIOEFFECTS, MECHANISMS, AND SAFETY; 4. ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; 5. IN VITRO EXPERIMENTS USING ULTRASOUND FOR PLAQUE ABLATION. 6. ULTRASOUND ENERGY FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FIBRINOLYSIS AND DRUG DELIVERY: SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF A TRANSDUCER-TIPPED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM7. HIGH-INTENSITY, LOW-FREQUENCY CATHETER-DELIVERED ULTRASOUND FOR THROMBUS DISSOLUTION; 8. ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY USING THE ANGIOSONICS SYSTEM; 9. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH PERCUTANEOUS PERIPHERAL ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY; 10. PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ULTRASONIC ANGIOPLASTY: CLINICAL REPORT OF ULTRASOUND PLAQUE ABLATION IN TOTALLY OCCLUDED PERIPHERAL ARTERIES; 11. ULTRASONIC ENDARTERECTOMY. 12. ULTRASONIC CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE13. THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND PERIPHERAL AND CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY USING THE ANGIOSON SYSTEM; 14. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF A THERAPEUTIC INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY SYSTEM; 15. THERAPEUTIC CORONARY ULTRASOUND ANGIOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; 16. INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING AFTER CORONARY ULTRASOUND ABLATION; 17. THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY: SHEFFIELD EXPERIENCE; Index.