Vascular Surgery

Assessment of vascular disease: the evolution of vascular surgery, James C. Stanley; pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, Russell Ross; pathophysiology of human atherosclerosis, Christopher K. Zarins and Seymour Glagov; epidemiology of atherosclerosis and its modification, Allen W. Averbook and Samuel E. Wilson; haemodynamics of abnormal blood flow, David S. Sumner; clinical examination of the vascular system, Joshua A. Beckman and Mark A. Creager; noninvasive studies of peripheral vascular disease, James S.T. Yao; noninvasive cerebrovascular diagnostic techniques, Thomas G. Lynch and Robert W. Hobson II; noninvasive diagnosis of venous disease, J. Leonel Villavicencio, David L. Gillespie and Sandra Eifert; angiography, Timothy M. Koci, Frances Chiang and C. Mark Mehringer; design of clinical trials for evaluation of new treatments and methodology, James M. Cook and Robert W. Barnes; outcomes assessment for the vascular surgeon, John V. White; computers and vascular surgery, Richard F. Kempczinski. Medical treatment: medical management of atherosclerotic vascular disease, Ralph G. DePalma and Donna L. Kowallek; regression and stabilization of atherosclerosis by medical treatment, Howard N. Hodis, Wendy J. Mack and Albert E. Yellin; hyperthrombotic states in vascular surgery, Jonathan B. Towne; anticoagulants. Timothy K. Liem and Donald Silver; thrombolytic therapy, Sunita Srivastava and Kenneth Ouriel; antiplatelet agents, Richard M. Green and James A. DeWeese; pentoxifylline, vasodilators and metabolic agents, Samuel R. Money and W. Charles Sternbergh III. (Part contents).