Vascular Diseases for the Non-Specialist (eBook)

Tulio Pinho Navarro: MD by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil (1990). Residency in General Surgery and in Cardiovascular Surgery by the Clinics Hospital-UFMG (1992 and 1994). Board certified in Vascular Surgery (1995), Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound (1998) and Endovascular Surgery (2003). PhD in Medicine/Surgery by UFMG (2004). Professor of Surgery at UFMG, Head of the Vascular Unit of the Clinics Hospital-UFMG. Full member of the Brazilian Society for Vascular Surgery. Director board member of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (2015-2016).Alan Dardik: Intern and resident in Surgery (1993-2000), NIH Postdoctoral research fellowship (1995-1997), chief resident in Surgery (1999-2000), clinical fellow in Vascular Surgery (2000-2001), The John Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. Member of the interdepartmental program in Vascular Biology and Therapeutics (2003 to date), Assistant (2001-2008), Associate (2008-2013) and Full Professor (2013 to date), Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Attending surgeon, Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, Section chief - Vascular Surgery, Director – Wound clinic, VA Connecticut, West Haven, CT.Daniela Junqueira: Bachelor in Pharmacy (2007), MSc (2008) and PhD (2012) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sabbatical PhD Fellowship (2012) and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2014-2015) granted by the Brazilian agency CNPq. Founding Director of the Publishing Company Evidências em Saúde, Brazil (2016 to date), Consultant at Medlior Health Outcomes Research Ltd., Canada (2016 to date), and Co-convenor of the Cochrane Adverse Effects Methods (2015 to date). Associate Editor at the Centro de Estudos do Medicamento, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (2007-2015). Affiliate researcher at the University of Sydney, Australia (2012-2016), and at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (2014-2015). Adjunct Professor at the Universidade de Sorocaba, Brazil (2013-2014), Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (2009-2010).Ligia de Loiola Cisneros: Graduated in Physiotherapy at Federal University of Minas Gerais (1990), master degree in Biological Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology) in 1999, PhD thesis on Diabetic Foot Prevention in 2005. Adjunct professor at the Department of Physical Therapy/ Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil, since 1992.

How to Make Decisions in Healthcare Practice?.- Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System.- Atherosclerosis.- Coagulation and Anticoagulant Therapy.- Peripheral Artery Disease.- Acute Limb Ischemia.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.- Peripheral and Visceral Aneurysms.- Thoracic, Thoracoabdomina, Ilíac and Peripheral Aneurysms.- Risk Factors and Prophylaxis of Deep Vein Thrombosis.- Venous Thromboembolism: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Diabetic Foot.- Chronic Venous Disease and Varicose Veins.- Vascular Anomalies.- Aortic Dissection.- Ulcers of Lower Limb.- Lymphedema and Erysipleas.- Clinical Treatment Of Vascular Diseases.- Doppler and ABI.- Diagnostic Imaging Methods.