Peripheral Arterial Disease

• 1 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.- 2 The Epidemiology and Natural History of Peripheral Arterial Disease.- 3 Clinical Evaluation of Intermittent Claudication.- 4 Hemodynamics and the Vascular Laboratory.- 5 Vascular Imaging with X-Ray, Magnetic Resonance, and Computer Tomography Angiography.- 6 Chronic Critical Limb Ischemia: Diagnosis and Treatment.- 7 Acute Limb Ischemia.- 8 Exercise Rehabilitation for Intermittent Claudication.- 9 Treatment of Risk Factors and Antiplatelet Therapy.- 10 Pharmacotherapy for Intermittent Claudication.- 11 Angiogenesis and Gene Therapy.- 12 Endovascular Therapy.- 13 Surgical Revascularization.- 14 Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation and Management for Vascular Surgery.- 15 Special Consideration for the Diabetic Foot.- 16 Arterial Vascular Disease in Women.- 17 Atheromatous Embolism.- 18 Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease).- 19 Large-Vessel Vasculitis.

"This comprehensive textbook has a number of strengths. The editors have assembled as contributors a team of experts who emphasize the analysis of primary data from key studies in the field and who provide thorough reference lists...readers will also find valuable chapters on subjects that are rarely seen elsewhere, such as the one on arterial vascular disease in women...Peripheral Arterial Disease is an outstanding text book...On the bookshelves of scientists and clinicians in related disciplines and in multidisciplinary teams, this book will provide a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge of peripheral arterial disease, and it will undoubtedly remain an excellent reference for some years to come. "- The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE "Information on the use of exercise rehabilitation for intermittent claudication is useful and extremely important for primary care physicians." -Annals of Internal Medicine "The thrust of this book is that most treatments are limited and the overall emphasis is on prevention and management of all risk factors. This is a good book that brings together all of the available information in a readily accessible format." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "...a comprehensive and useful review on peripheral arterial disease." - Acta Cardiologica