Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

Dennis G. Caralis, George L. Bakris (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2005
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-58829-554-5 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive review the state-of-the-art in atherosclerosis of the arteries of the legs and feet. The authors discuss in detail the primary symptom-claudication-an intermittent pain in the leg or foot while walking, its predisposing factors, the current diagnostic methodologies, the impressive advances in the therapeutic armamentarium, and the need to screen for co-existing coronary artery disease. Additional chapters describe cutting-edge noninvasive angiography and vascular flow studies, specific drug therapy for claudication, regression of atherosclerosis therapy, gene therapy, and drug eluting stents for peripheral arterial disease. The authors also examine the epidemiology of LEAD, the effects of smoking and effective smoking cessation programs, its pathogenesis and its association with lipid abnormalities and hypertension, aggressive risk factor modification, and the need to measure the ankle brachial index of every patient over 45.

Claudication.- Noninvasive Diagnostic Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Disease.- Smoking and Smoking Cessation.- Peripheral Arterial Disease and Diabetes.- Hyperlipidemia in Peripheral Arterial Disease.- Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease.- Physical Inactivity is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease and Coronary Heart Disease.- Pathogenesis of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.- Lower Extremity Arterial Disease Co-Existing With Coronary Artery Disease.- Medical Therapy of Claudication and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease.- Exercise Therapy for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease.- Endovascular Strategies for Management of Claudication and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease.- Severe Lower Extremity Arterial Disease.

"...outstanding...provide(s) guidance for modern physicians on an ancient, but still poorly recognized, group of disorders." - Comprehensive Therapy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.2.2005
Reihe/Serie	Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 306 p.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
ISBN-10	1-58829-554-0 / 1588295540
ISBN-13	978-1-58829-554-5 / 9781588295545
Zustand	Neuware