Vascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review

A history of vascular surgery embryology of the vascular system anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology of the vascular wall anatomy and surgical exposure of the vascular system haemostasis and thrombosis atherosclerosis pathology, pathogenesis, and medical management haemodynamic factors in atherosclerosis nonatherosclerotic vascular disease influence in diabetes mellitus on vascular disease and its complications primary arterial infections and antibiotic prophylaxis congenital vascular malformations of the extremities vasculogenic impotence haemodynamics for the vascular surgeon the vascular laboratory natural history, nonoperative treatment, and functional assessment in chronic lower extremity ischemia principles of angiography and interventional radiology endovascular surgery endovascular grafting role of sympathectomy in the management of vascular disease thrombolytic therapy for vascular disease evaluation of cardiac risk in the patient with vascular disease vascular grafts - characteristics and routine selection of prostheses thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms aneurysms of the aorta and iliac arteries aneurysms of the peripheral arteries aneurysms of the peripheral arteries splanchnic and renal artery aneurysms aortoiliac occlusive disease femoral-popliteal-tibial occlusive disease renovascular hypertension visceral ischemic syndromes extracranial cerebrovascular disease - the carotid artery reconstruction of the supra-aortic trunks and vertebrobasilar system vascular disease of the upper extremity and the thoracic outlet syndromes haemodialysis and vascular access vascular trauma acute arterial and graft occlusion myointimal hyperplasia infection in prosthetic vascular grafts noninfectious complications in vascular surgery portal hypertension venous thromboembolic disease varicose veins chronic venous insufficiency physiology and imaging of the peripheral lymphatics system lymphedema and tumours of the lymphatics lower extremity amputation.