Overview
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Dennis G. Caralis
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Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
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George L. Bakris
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Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- Nicos Labropoulos, Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos
Pages 23-38
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- Albert J. Bellg, Aristdis N. Mavridis
Pages 39-52
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- Ambika Babu, C. R. Kannan, Theodore Mazzone
Pages 61-73
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- Anjula Gandhi, Jay Garg, George L. Bakris
Pages 75-83
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- Dennis G. Caralis, Stamatis Dimitropoulos
Pages 85-98
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- Bassem Jamil Basha, George L. Bakris, James R. Sowers
Pages 99-181
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- Michael C. Brunner, Dennis G. Caralis
Pages 257-267
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- Chad E. Jacobs, Walter J. McCarthy
Pages 269-292
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Back Matter
Pages 293-306
About this book
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.
Reviews
"...outstanding...provide(s) guidance for modern physicians on an ancient, but still poorly recognized, group of disorders." - Comprehensive Therapy
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Dennis G. Caralis
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Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
George L. Bakris