INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging modality for venous diseases that is an alternative to more conventional techniques such as ultrasonography, impedance plethysmography, computed tomography…
FUNCTIONAL MECHANICS OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL VASCULAR FLOW Print Section Listen Mathematically describing fluid systems is very complex. Hemodynamics can be defined as the physical factors that influence blood flow…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Prevention and treatment of thrombus with anticoagulants have been primary goals of medicine for half a century. Previously known as antithrombotics, current guidelines recommend the term…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Hemostasis is the physiologic response to bleeding that occurs when a vessel wall is disrupted and is regulated through several processes. The first response is the…
Introduction Print Section Listen Lobectomy via minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has proved to be a feasible and oncologically acceptable approach for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other isolated…
Introduction Print Section Listen Thoracic surgeons are routinely involved with patients with superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO) and on occasion are called upon to resect the superior vena cava (SVC)…
Introduction Print Section Listen Primary benign anterior and middle mediastinal tumors arise from mediastinal structures either as benign neoplastic processes or as a result of inflammation. They may also occur…
Introduction Print Section Listen Endoscopic resection (ER) of early neoplastic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract has become increasingly important in recent years, both as a diagnostic tool and as a…
Introduction Print Section Listen The standard treatment of isolated disorders of or related to the thymus is typically thymectomy. Indications include known or suspected thymoma, thymic carcinoid tumor, myasthenia gravis…
Introduction Print Section Listen Neurogenic tumors arise in tissues derived from the embryonic neural crest. Further classification is based on whether the tumor cell originates from nerve sheath, nerve cells…
