chapter 1 1 -- chapter 2 Apoptosis and Plaque Vulnerability -- chapter 3 Animal Models of Vulnerable Plaque -- chapter 4 Diagnosis of Vulnerable Plaques in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory -- chapter 5 Imaging of High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaque by Intravascular Ultrasound: Focal Assessment of Morphology and Vulnerability or Systemic Assessment of Disease Burden and Activity? -- chapter 6 Optical Coherence Tomography for Detection of Vulnerable Plaque -- chapter 7 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of High-Risk Plaque -- chapter 8 Nuclear Imaging of the Vulnerable Plaque: Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) -- chapter 9 Identification of Vulnerable Plaques: The Role of Thermography -- chapter 10 Treatment of Vulnerable Plaques: Current and Future Strategies.