Pathogenesis and Treatment of Biomaterial-Associated Thrombosis Maud B. Gorbet Michael V. Sefton Cardiovascular device manufacturers rely on elegant device designs and systemic pharmacologic agents to work wonders with existing materials…
Unusual Sites of Arterial Occlusion Philip A. Kalra Jon G. Moss Peter Wiedemann UNUSUAL SITES OF ARTERIAL OCCLUSION In this chapter, we consider occlusive arterial diseases as they affect three…
Medical and Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease Philip Joseph Saurabh Kalra Sonia Anand Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects approximately 27 million individuals in North America and Europe, and its…
Ischemic Stroke: Acute Thrombolytic Therapy, Antithrombotic Approaches, and General Management Gregory J. Del Zoppo Jeffrey L. Saver PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE STROKE Stroke is a syndrome of fixed or…
Prevention of Thromboembolic Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, Valvular Heart Disease, or Cardiomyopathy Thomas L. Kawano Jonathan L. Halperin Patients with various forms of cardiac disease are at risk…
Pathophysiology of Thromboembolic Stroke Emer R. Mcgrath Martin J. O’Donnell Stroke is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (at times global) disturbance…
Acute Coronary Syndromes: Manifestations and Management John Paul Vavalle John H. Alexander Matthew T. Roe Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a global health epidemic that contributes to more than 7…
Pathophysiology of Atherothrombosis Peter Libby Paul M. Ridker Kevin Croce Advances in contemporary vascular biology have contributed enormously to increased understanding of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its thrombotic complications,…
Overview of Arterial Thrombotic Disorders Sam Schulman Victor J. Marder In comparison with venous thromboembolism, which has a relatively uniform pathophysiology and standardized treatments, arterial diseases have disparate anatomic origins…
Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease Sam Schulman Jeffrey Ginsberg James Douketis The management of venous thromboembolic disease has in some respects taken recent giant leaps forward but has in other…
