Mechanisms of Vascular Disease
A Reference Book for Vascular Specialists
edited by Robert Fitridge and Matthew Thompson
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FREE | 2011 | Ebook (pdf) |Ìý978-1-922064-00-4 | 587 pp
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New updated edition first published with Cambridge ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Press. This new edition includes 29 chapters on topics as diverse as pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, vascular haemodynamics, haemostasis, thrombophilia and post-amputation pain syndromes.
Chapter 1:Ìý EndotheliumÌý
Chapter 2:Ìý Vascular smooth muscle structure and functionÌý
Chapter 3:Ìý AtherosclerosisÌý
Chapter 4:Ìý Mechanisms of plaque ruptureÌý
Chapter 5:Ìý Current and emerging therapies in atheroprotectionÌý
Chapter 6:Ìý Molecular approaches to revascularisation in peripheral vascular diseaseÌý
Chapter 7:Ìý Biology of restenosis and targets for intervention
Chapter 8:Ìý Vascular arterial haemodynamicsÌý
Chapter 9:Ìý Physiological haemostasisÌý
Chapter 10:Ìý Hypercoagulable statesÌý
Chapter 11:Ìý Platelets in the pathogenesis of vascular disease and their role as a therapeutic target
Chapter 12:Ìý Pathogenesis of aortic aneurysmsÌý
Chapter 13:Ìý Pharmacological treatment of aneurysms
Chapter 14: Aortic dissection and connective tissue disordersÌý
ChapterÌý15:Ìý Biomarkers in vascular diseaseÌý
Chapter 16:Ìý Pathophysiology and principles of management of vasculitis and Raynaud’s phenomenonÌý
Chapter 17:Ìý SIRS, sepsis and multiorgan failureÌý
Chapter 18:Ìý Pathophysiology of reperfusion injuryÌý
Chapter 19:Ìý Compartment syndromeÌý
Chapter 20:Ìý Pathophysiology of painÌý
Chapter 21: Postamputation painÌý
Chapter 22: Treatment of neuropathic painÌý
Chapter 23: Principles of wound healingÌý
Chapter 24: Pathophysiology and principles of varicose veinsÌý
Chapter 25: Chronic venous insufficiency and leg ulceration: Principles and vascular biology
ChapterÌý26: Pathophysiology and principles of management of the diabetic footÌý
Chapter 27: Lymphoedema – Principles, genetics and pathophysiologyÌý
Chapter 28: Graft materials past and futureÌý
Chapter 29: Pathophysiology of vascular graft infections
About the authors
is Professor of Vascular Surgery at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide.
Matthew Thompson is Professor of Vascular Surgery at St George’s Hospital Medical School in London.