Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale Diagnosis and Management Melvyn Rubenfire The majority of patients with chronic heart and lung diseases associated with dyspnea and fatigue have some degree of pulmonary…
Pulmonary Embolism John G. Weg Melvyn Rubenfire EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) are two manifestations of one disease, venous thromboembolism (VTE). DVT is…
Lower Extremity Ischemia Peter K. Henke James Froehlich Sanjay Rajagoplan Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES Lower extremity limb pain is a common complaint among patients, particularly the…
Deep Venous Thrombosis Thomas W. Wakefield William P. Fay James B. Froehlich EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) has been estimated to affect more than…
Cerebrovascular Disease Susan L. Hickenbottom Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. James C. Stanley Lewis B. Morgenstern EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapidly…
Nondissecting Thoracic Aneurysms James B. Froehlich Sanjay Rajagopalan Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. David M. Williams G. Michael Deeb “There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysms of…
Aortic Dissection Peter G. Hagan G. Michael Deeb David M. Williams Kim A. Eagle USUAL CAUSES Acute aortic dissection is considered the most common acute process involving the aorta that…
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms John E. Rectenwald David M. Williams James C. Stanley Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. Abdominal aortic aneurysms represent a serious vascular disease that is the 14th most common…
Pericardial Constriction Elina Yamada Julie A. Kovach Richard L. Prager USUAL CAUSES In pericardial constriction (constrictive pericarditis), a variably thickened layer of visceral or parietal pericardium, or both, surrounds some…
Acute Pericarditis/Pericardial Effusion Elina Yamada Mani A. Vannan Mauro Moscucci ACUTE PERICARDITIS Definition The pericardium is a double-layered wrapping around the heart, with the outer and inner layers called parietal…
