Manual of Vascular Diseases

From assessment and basic diagnostics to medical and surgical treatment options, this book offers easy access to treatment approaches for patients with vascular disease. Convenient and portable, it is written by cross-disciplinary leading experts in the fields of cardiology, vascular surgery, radiology, and vascular medicine. Coverage of each vital phase of care is explained throughout this text.

Chapters succinctly describe the most effective diagnostic assessment and treatment strategies, including drug doses, protocols for patient management, and algorithms. Find clear and straightforward information on topics such as diagnostic aspects of lower extremity arterial disease, history and physical examination, diagnostic angiography, and the use of magnetic resonance angiography in vascular disease.

Topics listed include:
• venous thromboembolism
• management of carotid disease
• management of vasculogenic impotence
• renovascular disease-diagnosis and management
• magnetic resonance angiography for the diagnosis of vascular disease

Examine clinical features and medical therapies, plus, learn about age groups and populations that are commonly susceptible to specific vascular illnesses. For instance, men and women are frequently affected by acute limb ischemia. This disease occurs in aged patients, who often have significant comorbidities.

Manual of Vascular Diseases discusses several approaches including the treating of aortic aneurysms, upper extremity arterial disease, and the approach and management of mesenteric vascular disease. A section on the vascular laboratory provides accurate and noninvasive methods of determining the presence and severity of arterial disorders. It discusses duplex ultrasonography and how it remains a staple of modern noninvasive vascular imaging.

This guide offers helpful tips, flow diagrams, and tables, along with over 200 illustrations that deliver practical insight needed for diagnostic accuracy. It addresses dosing of established and emerging medications, provides useful treatment algorithms, and several protocols for patient management. All in all, it is the essential quick reference on vascular disease today.