Research Catalog

Title

Aortic dissection and related syndromes / Kim A. Eagle [and others] (eds.).

Publication

New York ; Berlin : Springer ; Dordrecht : Springer, 2007.

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Description

approximately 432 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 260

Uniform Title

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 260.

Subject

• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
• Aortic Diseases > pathology

Contents

Sect. I. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features -- Epidemiology of thoracic aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers / Eric M. Isselbacher -- Pathophysiology of acute aortic syndromes / Christoph A. Nienaber -- Aortic dissection : clinical presentation / Ragavendra R. Baliga, Jai S. Raman and Kim A. Eagle -- Sect. II. Imaging methods -- Role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of aortic dissection / Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, William D. Edwards, Joseph F. Malouf, Gregory Gillman, Jae K. Oh, Linda A. Pape, William F. Armstrong and Ramesh C. Bansal -- CT Evaluation of aortic dissection / Gisela Muller and Ella Kazerooni -- Role of MRI in the diagnosis of aortic dissection / Gabriel Meinhardt, Heiko Mahrholdt and Udo Sechtem -- Sect. III. Initial treatment -- Medical therapy and acute surveillance / Eric M. Isselbacher and James L. Januzzi -- Endovascular therapy in aortic pathology / Huseyin Ince, Christoph A. Nienaber, Joshua Beckmann and Rosella Fattori -- Cardiovascular surgery in the initial treatment of aortic dissection and acute aortic syndromes / Truls Myrmel, Santi Trimarchi and Vincenzo Rampoldi -- Sect. IV. Subsequent follow-up and treatment -- Long-term medical therapy in aortic dissection / Debabrata Mukherjee and James L. Januzzi -- Acute aortic syndromes : surveillance with imaging / Eduardo Bossone, Massimo Lombardi, Virna Zampa, Dan Gilon and Alessandro Distante -- Sect. V. Evaluation and management of special subsets -- Operation for acute aortic dissection in the octogenarian patient / Himanshu J. Patel, Richard L. Prager and G. Michael Deeb -- Genetic disorders associated with aortic dissection / Stuart Hutchison and Patrick O'Gara -- Aortic intramural hematoma : diagnosis, treatment, and evolution / Arturo Evangelista -- Evaluation and management of traumatic aortic lesions / Rossella Fattori -- Sect. VI. Future frontiers -- Future directions of aortic dissection / Toru Suzuki, Giuseppe Sangiorgi and Eduardo Bossone -- Vascular surgical options / Santi Trimarchi, Truls Myrmel, Antonio Panza, Giuseppe Di Benedetto and Vincenzo Rampoldi -- Prevention of aortic dissection / Debabrata Mukherjee and Kim A. Eagle.

ISBN

• 9780387360003 (hd.bd.)
• 038736000X (hd.bd.)

LCCN

9780387360003

OCLC

• ocm75927106
• SCSB-5313072

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Columbia University Libraries