Chapter 41 Open Surgical and Endovascular Management of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Frank J. Veith, Neal S. Cayne, Todd L. Berland, Dieter Mayer, Mario Lachat A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm…
Chapter 5 Hemostasis and Thrombosis Rachel C. Danczyk, Timothy K. Liem Most of the bleeding that occurs during surgery or in association with trauma is mechanical and usually can be…
Chapter 12 Medical Management of Vascular Disease Including Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Vascular Disease Management Jessica B. O’Connell, Jonathan Bath, Todd D. Reil Arterial disease is the leading cause…
Chapter 3 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology of the Vascular Wall Gale L. Tang, Ted R. Kohler Normal Anatomy The primary purpose of the vascular system is to serve as a…
Chapter 6 Atherosclerosis Pathology, Pathogenesis, and Medical Management Ralph G. DePalma Vascular surgeons commonly treat patients with the complications of atherosclerosis. Currently, more precise lesion classification and imaging, a better…
Chapter 1 A History of Vascular Surgery Wiley F. Barker History is not a precise record, for it is only that which has been remembered or written down. Inevitably, there…
10 Extracranial cerebrovascular disease A. Ross Naylor and Sumaira Macdonald Introduction Stroke is the third commonest cause of death and the principal cause of neurological disability. It is defined as…
4 Intervention for chronic lower limb ischaemia Anthony Nicholson and Julian Scott Introduction This chapter will focus upon intervention for chronic lower limb ischaemia. Exercise therapy is considered in Chapter…
2 Assessment of chronic lower limb ischaemia Henrik Sillesen and John R. Bottomley Introduction Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease involving the arterial tree throughout the body. The most commonly affected…
7 Revision vascular surgery Jan Brunkwall and Michael Gawenda Introduction Revision of vascular reconstructions is frequently required beyond the first 6 weeks because of progressive atherosclerosis, graft occlusion, aneurysm formation…
