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…
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Disease Menno V. Huisman Sharif Pasha Patrick Mismetti Ajay Kakkar Venous thromboembolic disease frequently complicates the course of patients undergoing a variety of surgical interventions. Indeed,…
Sequelae of Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Postthrombotic Syndrome and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Vittorio Pengo Susan R. Kahn POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME The postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) is an important, underrecognized, chronic sequela of…
Venous Thrombosis in Unusual Sites Victor J. Marder Hylton V. Joffe Sam Schulman Venous thromboembolism (VTE) typically presents with lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE).1,2 Upper…
Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism Henri Bounameaux Arnaud Perrier Pulmonary embolism (PE), the source of which is predominantly located in a thrombosis of the deep veins of the…
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism John A. Heit Thrombosis can affect virtually any venous circulation. This chapter focuses on the epidemiology of common deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of…
Thrombophilia Genetics Joseph Emmerich Martine Aiach Pierre-Emmanuel Morange Each year, approximately 1 in 1,000 individuals in industrialized countries develops deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities.1,2 Between 1% and 2%…
