Mechanisms of vascular disease : : a reference book for vascular specialists /

Mechanisms of vascular disease : : a reference book for vascular specialists / / [edited by] Robert Fitridge [and] Matthew Thompson.

New updated edition first published with Cambridge University Press. This new edition includes 29 chapters on topics as diverse as pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, vascular haemodynamics, haemostasis, thrombophilia and post-amputation pain syndromes.

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TeilnehmendeR:
Fitridge, Robert,
Thompson, M. M.,
University of Adelaide Press,
Place / Publishing House:Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Completely undated edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 553 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Table of Contents:
  • Endothelium
  • Vascular smooth muscle structure and function
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Mechanisms of plaque rupture
  • Current and emerging therapies in atheroprotection
  • Molecular approaches to revascularisation in peripheral vascular disease
  • Biology of restenosis and targets for intervention
  • Vascular arterial haemodynamics
  • Physiological haemostasis
  • Hypercoagulable states
  • Platelets in the pathogenesis of vascular disease and their role as a therapeutic target
  • Pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms
  • Pharmacological treatment of aneurysms
  • Aortic dissection and connective tissue disorders
  • Biomarkers in vascular disease
  • Pathophysiology and principles of management of vasculitis and Raynaud's phenomenon
  • SIRS, sepsis and multiorgan failure
  • Pathophysiology of reperfusion injury
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Pathophysiology of pain
  • Postamputation pain
  • Treatment of neuropathic pain
  • Principles of wound healing
  • Pathophysiology and principles of varicose veins
  • Chronic venous insufficiency and leg ulceration
  • Pathophysiology and principles of management of the diabetic foot
  • Lymphoedema
  • Principles, genetics and pathophysiology
  • Graft materials past and future
  • Pathophysiology of vascular graft infections.

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