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Humana Press Lower Extremity Arterial Disease by Dennis G. Caralis , George L. Bakris
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.show more Claudication: Clinical Diagnosis and Differential DiagnosisDennis G. CaralisNoninvasive Diagnostic Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial DiseaseNicos Labropoulos and Apostolos K. TassiopoulosSmoking and Smoking CessationAlbert J. Bellg and Aristdis N. MavridisPeripheral Arterial Disease and DiabetesGeorge L. BakrisHyperlipidemia in Peripheral Arterial DiseaseAmbika Babu, C. R. Kannan, and Theodore MazzoneHypertension and Peripheral Vascular DiseaseAnjula Gandhi, Jay Garg, and George L. BakrisPhysical Inactivity is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease and Coronary Heart DiseaseDennis G. Caralis and Stamatis DimitropoulosPathogenesis of Atherosclerotic Vascular DiseaseBassem Jamil Basha, George L. Bakris, and James R. SowersLower Extremity Arterial Disease Co-Existing With Coronary Artery DiseaseDennis G. CaralisMedical Therapy of Claudication and Lower Extremity Arterial DiseaseDennis G. CaralisExercise Therapy for Lower Extremity Arterial DiseasePeter F. KokkinosEndovascular Strategies for Management of Claudication and Lower Extremity Arterial DiseaseMichael C. Brunner and Dennis G. CaralisSevere Lower Extremity Arterial Disease: Limb Salvage and RevascularizationChad E. Jacobs and Walter J. McCarthyIndex