Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases /

This book is an up-to-date summary of all aspects of aortic disease, written by international experts in their fields, covering diagnostic concepts of all aortic diseases, the most modern therapeutic approaches in various aortic syndromes, the pathogenic origin and the most recent molecular and cell...

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Main Author: Nienaber, Christoph A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fattori, Rossella
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
Series:Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; 212.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is an up-to-date summary of all aspects of aortic disease, written by international experts in their fields, covering diagnostic concepts of all aortic diseases, the most modern therapeutic approaches in various aortic syndromes, the pathogenic origin and the most recent molecular and cellular findings that have revolutionized our present knowledge of aortic diseases. The reader will come to understand the aorta as a functional organ with a complex regulatory system rather than just a major arterial vessel, and will have a better understanding of the prognostic impact of various aortic syndromes, and of the most recent therapeutic concepts for chronic as well as acute aortic pathology. As a unique feature of this book, the aorta is placed in the center of systemic illnesses, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, infectious diseases and connective tissue disorders, storage diseases, trauma and toxic factors; this concept aims to attract the attention of both clinical specialties such as cardiology, radiology and cardiovascular surgery and adjacent areas like pathology and clinical genetics. The book portrays the aorta as an integral part of the cardiovascular system and the entire organism and features the complexity and clinical impact of all major aortic diseases.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 284 pages)
ISBN:9789401148283 (electronic bk.)
9401148287 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0166-9842 ;