Vascular Surgery

A history of vascular surgery; embryology of the vascular system; anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology of the vascular wall; anatomy and surgical exposure of the vascular system; haemostasis and thrombosis; atherosclerosis pathology, pathogenesis, and medical management; haemodynamic factors in atherosclerosis; nonatherosclerotic vascular disease; influence in diabetes mellitus on vascular disease and its complications; primary arterial infections and antibiotic prophylaxis; congenital vascular malformations of the extremities; vasculogenic impotence; haemodynamics for the vascular surgeon; the vascular laboratory; natural history, nonoperative treatment, and functional assessment in chronic lower extremity ischemia; principles of angiography and interventional radiology; endovascular surgery; endovascular grafting; role of sympathectomy in the management of vascular disease; thrombolytic therapy for vascular disease; evaluation of cardiac risk in the patient with vascular disease; vascular grafts - characteristics and routine selection of prostheses; thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms; aneurysms of the aorta and iliac arteries; aneurysms of the peripheral arteries; aneurysms of the peripheral arteries; splanchnic and renal artery aneurysms; aortoiliac occlusive disease; femoral-popliteal-tibial occlusive disease; renovascular hypertension; visceral ischemic syndromes; extracranial cerebrovascular disease - the carotid artery; reconstruction of the supra-aortic trunks and vertebrobasilar system; vascular disease of the upper extremity and the thoracic outlet syndromes; haemodialysis and vascular access; vascular trauma; acute arterial and graft occlusion; myointimal hyperplasia; infection in prosthetic vascular grafts; noninfectious complications in vascular surgery; portal hypertension; venous thromboembolic disease; varicose veins chronic venous insufficiency; physiology and imaging of the peripheral lymphatics system; lymphedema and tumours of the lymphatics; lower extremity amputation.