Chapter 150 Renovascular and Aortic Developmental Disorders Jonathan L. Eliason, James C. Stanley Developmental abdominal aortic disease is complex and often associated with stenotic lesions of the aortic branches to…
Chapter 141 Splanchnic Artery Aneurysms Ryan O. Lakin, Vikram S. Kashyap Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by Caron B. Rockman and Thomas S. Maldonado Aneurysms of the…
Chapter 116 Diabetic Foot Ulcers Aksone Nouvong, David G. Armstrong Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by George Andros and Lawrence A. Lavery Diabetes is a global epidemic…
Chapter 95 Aortic Stents and Stent-Grafts Girma Tefera, Jon S. Matsumura This chapter reviews the use of stents and stent-grafts for the endovascular treatment of aortic pathology. We present a…
Chapter 83 Wound Care William A. Marston As the populations of developed countries age and become more sedentary, the incidence of diabetes and obesity increases, along with a dramatic increase…
Chapter 11 Venous Physiology Lori L. Pounds, Lois A. Killewich Anatomic Considerations The understanding of venous anatomy has a rich history dating to Hippocrates (460-377 BC). In the field of…
Chapter 80 Takayasu’s Disease Natalia O. Glebova, Christopher J. Abularrage Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by Christopher J. Abularrage and Subodh Arora Takayasu’s disease is an immune…
Chapter 65 Venous Tumors Thomas C. Bower Malignant venous tumors either originate primarily from the vein wall, extrinsically compressing or invading the vein, or grow within it as tumor thrombus.1–5…
Chapter 133 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Ruptured Manish Mehta, John Byrne Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by Thomas F. Lindsay Most patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm…
Chapter 164 Atheromatous Embolization Jeffrey W. Olin, John R. Bartholomew Atheromatous embolization is a poorly recognized and underdiagnosed multisystem disorder that is associated with high risk of all-cause and cardiovascular…
