Mechanisms of Vascular Disease

Download or read book Mechanisms of Vascular Disease written by Robert Fitridge and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New updated edition first published with Cambridge University Press. This new edition includes 29 chapters on topics as diverse as pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, vascular haemodynamics, haemostasis, thrombophilia and post-amputation pain syndromes. Chapter 1: Endothelium Chapter 2: Vascular smooth muscle structure and function Chapter 3: Atherosclerosis Chapter 4: Mechanisms of plaque rupture Chapter 5: Current and emerging therapies in atheroprotection Chapter 6: Molecular approaches to revascularisation in peripheral vascular disease Chapter 7: Biology of restenosis and targets for intervention Chapter 8: Vascular arterial haemodynamics Chapter 9: Physiological haemostasis Chapter 10: Hypercoagulable states Chapter 11: Platelets in the pathogenesis of vascular disease and their role as a therapeutic target Chapter 12: Pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms Chapter 13: Pharmacological treatment of aneurysms Chapter 14: Aortic dissection and connective tissue disorders Chapter 15: Biomarkers in vascular disease Chapter 16: Pathophysiology and principles of management of vasculitis and Raynaud's phenomenon Chapter 17: SIRS, sepsis and multiorgan failure Chapter 18: Pathophysiology of reperfusion injury Chapter 19: Compartment syndrome Chapter 20: Pathophysiology of pain Chapter 21: Postamputation pain Chapter 22: Treatment of neuropathic pain Chapter 23: Principles of wound healing Chapter 24: Pathophysiology and principles of varicose veins Chapter 25: Chronic venous insufficiency and leg ulceration: Principles and vascular biology Chapter 26: Pathophysiology and principles of management of the diabetic foot Chapter 27: Lymphoedema - Principles, genetics and pathophysiology Chapter 28: Graft materials past and future Chapter 29: Pathophysiology of vascular graft infections