Peripheral Vascular Disease

Download or read book Peripheral Vascular Disease written by George S. Abela and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2004 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abela (cardiology, Michigan State University) provides guidelines for recognizing and treating all types of peripheral vascular disease (PVD), combining a multidisciplinary perspective with information on the latest developments. Early chapters cover anatomy, etiology, and symptoms, and later chapters detail treatment with drugs, exercise, and anticoagulants. Diagnostic chapters describe various methods for testing and imaging, and surgical chapters outline pre-and post- operative management and look at stent grafts for various conditions. Final chapters describe technical training requirements for practice and credentialing, and address billing and coding issues. B&w medical images and surgical photos are included. Annotation: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)"--[source inconnue].