Pathophysiology and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease in Peripheral Arteries

by Aloke Virmani Finn MD (Editor)

Overview

Pathophysiology and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease in Peripheral Arteries is a thorough review of the disease written by experts studying its detection and treatment. These state-of-the-art chapters summarize in a comprehensive manner emerging knowledge about this important area of medicine. The pathophysiology and treatment of peripheral artery (PAD) disease remains poorly understood even by practitioners.  Often it is assumed that PAD should be treated in a similar fashion to coronary artery disease (CAD) when in fact recent data suggest a distinct pathophysiology with genetic risk having some but not complete overlap with CAD.  This is a novel reference of emerging data on the factors behind its development and progression, detection, and treatment suggest an emerging paradigm for this disease. - Provides understanding for the pathophysiology of PAD from pathologic and molecular perspectives - Reviews state-of-the art modalities for its detection as well as the data surrounding new medical and interventional treatment for PAD - Elucidates the impact of new treatment modalities such as drug coated balloons and atherectomy devices such a lithotripsy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443135941
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/12/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Aloke Virmani Finn is a physician-scientist whose focus is on the pathology of cardiovascular disease and its treatment. He serves as the Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer for CVPath Institute where he oversees device development research and runs a molecular lab with focus on the molecular understanding of vascular wall injury and healing, genetics of sudden cardiac death and molecular basis of coronary artery disease.  When not running CVPath, he performs interventional cardiology procedures at University of Maryland.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Atherosclerosis- pathology of lower extremity atherosclerosis3. Epidemiology of PAD4. Molecular Understanding of Peripheral Arterial Disease 5. Non-invasive imaging of CT and MRA in Evaluation of PAD 6. Medical Therapy of PAD: Joshua Beckman7. Intravascular Imaging: Role in PAD 8. Interventional Treatment of PAD: Atherectomy 9. Interventional Treatment of PAD: Drug Coated Balloons and Stents10. Future Directions

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A review of the pathophysiology of lower extremity atherosclerosis for current and future medical and interventional treatments