Filled with clear, easy-to-follow decision trees for 75 common scenarios in vascular surgery, this resource presents helpful explanatory text and current references for every step of each algorithm. This practical approach highlights the key decision points in vascular surgery practice and considers their applications to individual patients. Both experienced practitioners and trainees in vascular surgery will find this title extremely useful for comparing their management strategies with experts in the field.

Features

* Provides the basis for systematic, step-by-step clinical management
Written and edited by top authorities
Thorough reference to provide validation of recommendations

What's New

* Logical, concise flow diagrams make complex decisions easier to understand and implement in practice
An excellent quick reference for clinicians who desire current, expert opinions on specific clinical scenarios, as well as a useful review tool for exam preparation
Larger clinical areas are broken down into several separate algorithms, covering different aspects of diagnosis or treatment, or significantly different scenarios requiring different approaches
Algorithms can serve as the basis for clinical pathways and other approaches to cost-effective management

Contents

General Topics
1. Preoperative cardiac risk assessment
2. Hyperlipidemia
3. Hypercoagulable syndrome
4. Perioperative care, anesthesia
5. Transfusion strategies

Cerebrovascular Disease
6. Evaluating cerebrovascular symptoms
7. Symptomatic carotid artery stenosis
8. Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
9. Carotid endarterectomy
10. Recurrent carotid stenosis
11. Acute stroke
12. Carotid artery aneurysm
13. Carotid artery dissection
14. Fibromuscular disease
15. Carotid body tumor
16. Stroke after carotid surgery
17. Vertebral artery stenosis
18. Subclavian stenosis
19. Great vessel occlusive disease
20. Carotid plus coronary disease

Aneurysms
21. Abdominal aortic aneurysm
22. Thoracoabdominal aneurysm
23. Ruptured aortic aneurysm
24. Aortocaval fistula
25. Aortoenteric fistula
26. Sigmoid ischemia after aortic surgery
27. Endovascular AAA repair
28. Descending aortic dissection
29. Isolated iliac aneurysm
30. Femoral artery aneurysm
31. Infected femoral pseudoaneurysm
32. Popliteal artery aneurysm
33. Splanchnic, renal artery aneurysm

Extremity Occlusive Disease
34. Claudication
35. Chronic critical ischemia
36. Acute limb ischemia
37. Atheroembolism
38. Aortoiliac disease
39. Aortic graft limb thrombosis
40. Aortofemoral graft infection
41. Infrainguinal
42. Infrainguinal graft surveillance
43. Infrainguinal graft thrombosis
44. Infrainguinal graft infection
45. Diabetic foot infection
46. Amputation level
47. Compartment syndrome
48. Popliteal artery entrapment/adventitial cystic disease
49. Upper extremity ischemia

Renal/Visceral Disease
50. Renovascular - evaluation
51. Renovascular - treatment
52. Acute mesenteric ischemia
53. Chronic mesenteric ischemia

Venous Disease
54. Axillary-subclavian vein thrombosis
55. Superficial phlebitis, sepsis
56. Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis
57. Iliofemoral vein thrombosis
58. Pulmonary embolism
59. Deep vein insufficiency - evaluation
60. Deep vein insufficiency - surgical treatment

Miscellaneous Topics
62. Portal hypertension
63. Lymphedema
64. Brachiocephalic vascular trauma
65. Abdominal vascular trauma
66. Extremity vascular trauma
67. Post-traumatic pain syndrome
68. Thoracic outlet neurogenic symptoms
69. Raynaud's syndrome
70. Vasculogenic impotence
71. Congenital vascular malformations
72. Vascular access for hemodialysis
73. Takayasu's arteritis
74. Intraoperative hemorrhage, bleeding diathesis
75. Heparin-induced complications