Carotid Artery Stenting
Chapter 32 Carotid Artery Stenting Sriram S. Iyer, Jonathon Habersberger, Jiri Vitek, Christina Brennan, Gary Roubin On May 6th, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed up on…
Prevention and Treatment of Stroke
Chapter 31 Prevention and Treatment of Stroke Marc Fisher, Mehmet Zülküf Önal Medical management of stroke encompasses a wide range of therapies that include interventions directed at reducing the extent…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chapter 13 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cihan Duran, Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, Frank J. Rybicki Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is widely accepted for the majority of vascular imaging applications and is the…
Vascular Laboratory Testing
Chapter 12 Vascular Laboratory Testing Marie Gerhard-Herman, Joshua A. Beckman, Mark A. Creager Vascular laboratory technology offers many cost-effective applications in the practice of vascular medicine.1 Vascular testing includes both…
Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Mesenteric Vascular Disease
Chapter 27 Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Mesenteric Vascular Disease Rachel C. Danczyk, Gregory L. Moneta Evaluation Clinical evaluation of possible mesenteric ischemia begins with a careful history and physical…
Peripheral Vascular Anomalies, Malformations, and Vascular Tumors
Chapter 64 Peripheral Vascular Anomalies, Malformations, and Vascular Tumors Francine Blei Nonmalignant vascular anomalies can be functionally divided into two groups: proliferative vascular lesions and static vascular malformations. Unfortunately, this…
Catheter-Based Peripheral Angiography
Chapter 15 Catheter-Based Peripheral Angiography Christopher J. White Catheter-based invasive contrast angiography is the standard method for diagnosing peripheral artery disease (PAD), and against which all other methods are compared…
Congenital Anomalies and Malformations of the Vasculature
Chapter 63 Congenital Anomalies and Malformations of the Vasculature Renu Virmani, Naima Carter-Monroe, Allen J. Taylor Anomalous Venous Connections An anomalous venous connection abnormally connects a systemic or pulmonary vein…
Connective Tissues of the Subendothelium
Chapter 4 Connective Tissues of the Subendothelium Rajendra Raghow Varieties of Blood Vessels and Their Connective Tissue The vascular system consists of a massive network of tubular channels that circulate…
Pathophysiology, Clinical Evaluation, and Medical Management of Aortic Dissection
Chapter 34 Pathophysiology, Clinical Evaluation, and Medical Management of Aortic Dissection Bradley A. Maron, Patrick T. O’Gara Acute aortic dissection is an uncommon but life-threatening emergency that requires prompt diagnosis,…
