Lower extremity arterial disease. (Clinical hypertension and vascular diseases) by Ed. by Dennis G. Caralis and George L. Bakris - 2005

Humana Press Inc., 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Caralis (cardiology, Rush U. Medical Center) and Bakris (nephrology, Rush U. Medical Center) present 13 chapters describing recent pathophysiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic advances in the evaluation of atherosclerosis and peripheral arterial diseases involving the lower extremities. The papers cover the epidemiology of arterial disorders related to smoking, diabetes, and hypertension as risk factors; diagnostic testing for claudication and lower extremity arterial disease using noninvasive and arteriographic techniques, and the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis. Also included are chapters on the management of claudication and lower extremity arterial disease by nonpharmacological means, medical therapy, angioplasty, and endovascular stent placement and revascularization. (2005 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)