Bookedited by Piergiorgio Settembrini and Alberto M. Settembrini.
Contents:
Is pathology useful in vascular surgery?
Risk factors and pharmacological therapy in patients with vascular disease
Carotid dissections, aneurysms, and paragangliomas
Carotid artery stenosis: endarterectomy or stenting?
Subclavian, vertebral, and upper limb arteries: a difficult surgical field --Thoracic outlet syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic update
Introduction
Anatomy
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome-making the diagnosis
Venous thoracic outlet syndrome-making the diagnosis
Artero-venous fistulas for hemodialysis: surgical and endovascular approaches – How to approach elective and urgent thoracic aortic aneurysms
Aortic dissections: the correct identification and treatment --Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms: when and how to do it
How to treat aorto-iliac occlusions?
Elective and emergent repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: selection of open or endovascular strategy
Limits to endovascular approaches in aortic disease
Peculiar patterns of aortic pathology: diagnosis and best treatment – Infection of a vascular graft: what and how to amend it?
Renal and visceral vessels lesions: how to manage them
Acute ischemia of the limbs: which is the correct approach?
Iliac-femoropopliteal district: decision-making and current statement: steno-occlusive disease
Iliac-femoropopliteal district: decision-making and current statement: aneurysms and nonatherosclerotic pathology
Below the knee arteries: the why and how of surgical approaches
Below the knee arteries: the why and how of endovascular treatment
Management of the diabetic arteriopathy and diabetic foot
Vascular trauma – Aneurysmatic degeneration of connective tissue diseases: from diagnosis to treatment – Vasculitis and arteritis: how to recognize and manage them – How do I handle deep vein thrombosis and acute pulmonary embolism from A to Z? – Superficial venous system: how it? – Wound care: how to approach venous, arterial and diabetic ulcers.