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Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

By Dennis G. Caralis , George L. Bakris

Book information

Publisher
Humana Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781617376399, 1617376396
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19427044 bytes)
Series
Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases
Edition
1st Edition.
Pages
311\311
Library
Medicalheavens
Time added
2009-10-15 16:43:54

Description

A comprehensive review the state-of-the-art in atherosclerosis of the arteries of the legs and feet. The authors discuss in detail the primary symptom-claudication-an intermittent pain in the leg or foot while walking, its predisposing factors, the current diagnostic methodologies, the impressive advances in the therapeutic armamentarium, and the need to screen for co-existing coronary artery disease. Additional chapters describe cutting-edge noninvasive angiography and vascular flow studies, specific drug therapy for claudication, regression of atherosclerosis therapy, gene therapy, and drug eluting stents for peripheral arterial disease. The authors also examine the epidemiology of LEAD, the effects of smoking and effective smoking cessation programs, its pathogenesis and its association with lipid abnormalities and hypertension, aggressive risk factor modification, and the need to measure the ankle brachial index of every patient over 45.

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