Vascular Medicine: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

Physician-in-Chief Emeritus Joseph Loscalzoworks in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine, Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

• 1 Vascular Embryology and Angiogenesis2 The Endothelium3 Vascular Smooth Muscle4 Normal Mechanisms of Vascular Hemostasis5 Vascular Pharmacology6 Pathobiology of Atherosclerosis7 Pathobiology of Aortic Aneurysms8 Pathobiology of Thrombosis9 Pathobiology and Assessment of Cardiovascular Fibrosis10 Pathobiology of Vasculitis11 The History and Physical Examination12 Vascular Laboratory Testing13 Magnetic Resonance Imaging14 Computed Tomographic Angiography15 Catheter-Based Peripheral Angiography16 The Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease17 Pathophysiology of Peripheral Artery Disease18 Peripheral Artery Disease: Clinical Evaluation19 Medical Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease20 Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease21 Reconstructive Surgery for Peripheral Artery Disease22 Pathophysiology of Renal Artery Disease23 Clinical Evaluation of Renal Artery Disease24 Treatment of Renal Artery Disease25 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Mesenteric Vascular Disease26 Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Mesenteric Vascular Disease27 Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction28 Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease29 Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease30 Prevention and Treatment of Stroke31 Carotid Artery Revascularization32 Pathophysiology, Clinical Evaluation and Medical Management of Aortic Dissection33 Surgical Therapy for Aortic Dissection34 Endovascular Therapy for Aortic Dissection35 Epidemiology and Prognosis of Aortic Aneurysms36 Clinical Evaluation of Aortic Aneurysms37 Surgical Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms38 Endovascular Therapy for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm39 Overview of Vasculitis40 Large Vessel Vasculitis41 Medium and Small Vessel Vasculitis42 Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger Disease)43 Kawasaki Disease44 Acute Arterial Occlusion45 Atheroembolism46 Raynaud Phenomenon47 Acrocyanosis48 Erythromelalgia49 Pernio (Chilblains)50 Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolic Disease51 Clinical Evaluation of Venous Thromboembolism52 Management of Venous Thromboembolism53 Varicose Veins54 Chronic Venous Insufficiency55 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension56 Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Nonpulmonary Arterial Hypertension57 Diseases of the Lymphatic Circulation58 Fibromuscular Dysplasia59 Vascular Infections60 Dermatological Manifestations of Vascular Disease61 Lower Extremity Ulceration62 Vascular Trauma63 Vascular Compression Syndromes64 Peripheral Vascular Anomalies, Malformations Vascular Tumors