Chapter 49 Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Obstruction Nitin Garg, Peter Gloviczki Reconstruction of the occluded iliofemoral vein or the inferior vena cava (IVC) may be required in patients with…
Chapter 44 Aneurysms of the Peripheral Arteries D. Preston Flanigan Peripheral arterial aneurysms are distinctly less common than aortic aneurysms but can cause significant morbidity. Although these lesions occasionally lead…
Chapter 10 Primary Arterial Infections and Antibiotic Prophylaxis Hugh A. Gelabert Primary Arterial Infections A primary arterial infection is a condition in which an infectious agent invades and destroys the…
Chapter 11 Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Vascular Disease and Its Complications Charles M. Peterson* Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous collection of syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia. It is described in…
Chapter 42 Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery for Aneurysm and Occlusive Disease Technique and Results Ralf Kolvenbach, Catherine Cagiannos The initial enthusiasm of endovascular procedures to safely exclude abdominal aortic aneurysms is…
Chapter 32 Natural History and Nonoperative Treatment of Chronic Lower Extremity Ischemia Amir F. Azarbal, Erica L. Mitchell, Gregory J. Landry, Gregory L. Moneta Despite the focus on operative and…
Chapter 47 Venous Thromboembolic Disease Thomas W. Wakefield, Danielle N. Campbell, Andrea Obi, Peter K. Henke, Jordan Knepper, John Rectenwald, Frank Vandy Venous thromboembolic disease (VTE), which includes both deep…
Chapter 51 Etiology and Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Surgery, Endovenous Ablation, and Sclerotherapy Kenneth K. Kao, David A. Rigberg The term chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) encompasses a spectrum of…
Chapter 27 Endoscopic Harvesting of the Saphenous Vein Juan Carlos Jimenez, Christian Eisenring Open vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting and infrainguinal bypass procedures is associated with increased patient…
Chapter 2 Embryology of the Vascular System David S. Maxwell It is quite evident that the vascular apparatus does not independently and by itself “unfold” into the adult pattern. On…
