Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Chapter 35 Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Eric Hager, Jae S. Cho, Michel S. Makaroun Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) are less frequent than abdominal aneurysms but are no less…
Acute and Chronic Aortic Dissection: Medical Management, Surgical Management, Endovascular Management, and Results
Chapter 38 Acute and Chronic Aortic Dissection Medical Management, Surgical Management, Endovascular Management, and Results Juan Carlos Jimenez Aortic dissection is one of the most complex clinical conditions encountered by…
Surgical Management of Femoral, Popliteal, and Tibial Arterial Occlusive Disease
Chapter 26 Surgical Management of Femoral, Popliteal, and Tibial Arterial Occlusive Disease Frank J. Veith, Neal S. Cayne, Nicholas J. Gargiulo, Evan C. Lipsitz, Enrico Ascher This chapter discusses open…
Endovascular Repair of Juxtarenal (Chimney), Infrarenal, and Iliac Artery Aneurysms
Chapter 40 Endovascular Repair of Juxtarenal (Chimney), Infrarenal, and Iliac Artery Aneurysms Grace J. Wang, Jon S. Matsumura, Ronald M. Fairman In 1991, Parodi and colleagues1 published a seminal study…
Endovascular Repair of Extracranial Cerebrovascular Lesions
Chapter 20 Endovascular Repair of Extracranial Cerebrovascular Lesions W. Austin Blevins, Jr. , Peter A. Schneider Each year in the United States, nearly 800,000 individuals experience a new or recurrent…
Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Obstruction
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…
Aneurysms of the Peripheral Arteries
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…
Primary Arterial Infections and Antibiotic Prophylaxis
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…
Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Vascular Disease and Its Complications
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…
Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery for Aneurysm and Occlusive Disease: Technique and Results
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…
