• ISBN13: 9780824799021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Mar Dekker
• Publication Date: October 13, 1998
• Pages: 340
• Original Price: 123.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

About the Book An invaluable reference for clinicians and researchers alike, this book offers a thorough review and analysis of all aspects of saphenous vein bypass graft disease-from preventive surgical techniques to various mechanisms of graft failure in patients. <br>Assesses the potential for molecular and genetic therapies to improve vascular graft patency <br>Pooling the experience of over 25 coronary specialists, Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease<br><li>describes early and late structural changes in veins used as aortocoronary conduits <br></li><li>outlines directional coronary atherectomy and transluminal extraction atherectomy <br></li><li>focuses on the pathologic changes resulting from saphenous vein balloon angioplasty <br></li><li>analyzes postsurgical complications such as congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, hemorrhage, and infection <br></li><li>examines grafts of the internal thoracic, gastroepiploic, and inferior epigastric arteries <br></li><li>identifies the role of noninvasive testing methods, including stress echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging <br></li><li>discusses graft failure mechanisms such as early graft thrombosis, intimal hyperplasia, and late graft atherosclerosis <br></li><li>reviews clinical data regarding risk factor control after surgical revascularization <br></li><li>and more <br>Complete with more than 800 figures and references, Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease benefits cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons; cardiovascular pathologists; angiologists; internists; pharmacologists; intensive care, emergency, and primary care physicians; and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.</li>