INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Basic Principles and Physics Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in clinical use relies on two fundamental principles: the excess of hydrogen molecules in water contained in the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen All aspects of the management of intracranial arterial disease have undergone major transformations in the past two decades. Alternatives are now available for conditions previously treatable…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) caused by atherosclerotic occlusions that impair blood flow to the lower extremity is now recognized as a major health care problem. Despite…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Nearly 10% of the population older than 65 years has atherosclerotic lower extremity peripheral arterial disease. Older patients and those with risk factors may have up…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The eye is proverbially the window to the soul, and literally a window into the vascular system. Evaluation of the retinal vasculature gives insight into multiple…
IN THE BEGINNING Print Section Listen In 1929, a 25-year-old intern named Werner Forssman was dissatisfied with the available methods of evaluating cardiac function at his hospital in Berlin. His…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has become a standard imaging technique in high volume, experienced interventional laboratories, but most of its use is relegated to the coronary arteries….
ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE OF THE CAROTID ARTERIES Print Section Listen Introduction Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the third leading cause of death in the United States, surpassed only by heart disease and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The medical therapy of intermittent claudication is founded on two fundamental precepts (Table 34-1). The most compelling of these is that peripheral arterial disease is evidence…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of systemic inflammatory disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessels.1 Vascular inflammation may cause vessel narrowing or occlusion leading to…
