Vessel Wall Biology
Chapter 3 Vessel Wall Biology Bauer Sumpio, Jason Chin The normal functioning of complex multicellular organisms relies on the integrity of elaborate fluid transport networks in both the cardiovascular and…
CARDIAC SURGERY
Venous Pathology
Chapter 12 Venous Pathology Peter K. Henke Veins are complex organs, much like arteries, and well suited to their physiologic purpose. Venous diseases are common in the general population and…
Hypercoagulable States
Chapter 38 Hypercoagulable States Howard A. Liebman, Ilene Ceil Weitz Thromboembolism is an enormous problem across the spectrum of medicine. Approximately 10 million individuals in the United States have symptomatic…
Renovascular Disease
Chapter 148 Renovascular Disease Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Fistulae Keith D. Calligaro, Matthew J. Dougherty Renal artery aneurysms and renal arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) are rare entities, but they are encountered frequently…
Atherosclerotic Risk Factors
Chapter 29 Atherosclerotic Risk Factors Hyperlipidemia Teresa L. Carman, Carl Orringer Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by Roger Walcott and William James Howard Clinical evidence has established…
Local Complications
Chapter 48 Local Complications Nerve Injury Sara Clark, Robert Atnip Based on a chapter in the seventh edition by Robert P. Garvin and Robert G. Atnip In vascular surgery patients,…
Postoperative Management
Chapter 33 Postoperative Management Giuseppe Papia Vascular surgery patients remain at high risk for the development of complications in the postoperative period because of the complexity of their surgical procedures…
Superior Vena Cava Occlusion
Chapter 64 Superior Vena Cava Occlusion Endovascular Treatment Carlos F. Bechara, Peter H. Lin Superior vena cava (SVC) occlusion precludes normal blood venous return to the heart. This condition, also…
Radiation Safety
Chapter 21 Radiation Safety Stephen W.K. Cheng Advances in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy have led to a dramatic increase in the use of radiation for diagnostic, interventional, and…
Systemic Complications
Chapter 39 Systemic Complications Cardiac William Scott Beattie, Giora Landesberg In an editorial in 2004, Mosucuci and Eagles wrote, “If one carefully screens vascular patients and excludes patients with symptoms…
