Chapter 18 Peripheral Artery Disease Clinical Evaluation Joshua A. Beckman, Mark A. Creager The least often recognized of the commonly occurring manifestations of atherosclerosis is peripheral artery disease (PAD). Epidemiological…
Chapter 34 Pathophysiology, Clinical Evaluation, and Medical Management of Aortic Dissection Bradley A. Maron, Patrick T. O’Gara Acute aortic dissection is an uncommon but life-threatening emergency that requires prompt diagnosis,…
Chapter 55 Chronic Venous Insufficiency Nitin Garg, Peter Gloviczki An estimated 25 to 40 million Americans have varicose veins, and more than 2 million have chronic venous insufficiency, including venous…
Chapter 47 Atheroembolism Roger F.J. Shepherd Atheroembolism is a rare but serious disorder with significant morbidity from stroke, renal failure, and limb loss. This systemic disorder affects multiple organs and…
Chapter 6 Vascular Pharmacology David G. Harrison, James M. Luther Vascular pharmacology has traditionally focused on drugs that modulate vasomotion, and such agents continue to be commonly used for treatment…
Chapter 30 Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease Mark J. Alberts Stroke is a common and serious disorder. Each year stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States…
Chapter 46 Acute Arterial Occlusion Piotr S. Sobieszczyk Nontraumatic acute occlusion of arterial supply to a limb or organ presents with a constellation of symptoms specific to the tissue suddenly…
Chapter 14 Computed Tomographic Angiography Michael C. Walls, Sanjay Rajagopalan Volumetric data acquisition with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has enabled the development of computed tomographic angiography (CTA), a diagnostic modality…
Chapter 62 Vascular Compression Syndromes Timothy K. Williams, Nancy Harthun, Herbert I. Machleder, Julie Ann Freischlag Neurovascular structures can be compressed by adjacent tissues in several areas in the body….
Chapter 35 Surgical Therapy for Aortic Dissection Joseph Huh, Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire The treatment of aortic dissections remains technically challenging to surgeons. Patients can present with a…
