| Description |
xi, 259 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 15.Heritable connective tissue disorders: the molecular basis for aortopathy. The Marfan syndrome, annuloaortic ectasia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, polycystic kidney disease, and miscellaneous / Charles F. Wooley / Harisios Boudoulas / Elizabeth A. Sparks -- 16.Inflammation and aortic function / Charalambos Vlachopoulos / Pangiota Pietri / Christodoulos Stefanadis -- 17.Inflammation and aortic valve disease / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Konstantinos Toutouzas / Eleftherios Tsiamis / Elli Stefanadi / Harisios Boudoulas / Magdi Yacoub -- 18.Atherosclerosis: aortic wall thickness and atherosclerotic plaques / Constantina Aggeli / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Harisios Boudoulas / Konstantinos Toutouzas -- 19.Aortic function: modification with non-pharmacologic means / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Nikolaos Alexopoulos / Charalambos Vlachopoulos -- 20.Aortic function: modification with pharmacologic agents / Filippos Tripeskiadis -- |
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Contents note continued: 21.Echocardiography / Petros Nihoyannopoulos -- 22.Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography / Vincent E. Brinkman / Subha V. Raman -- 23.Catheter angiography / Achilles Chatziioannou / Lambros Vlachos -- 24.Intramural hematoma and atherosclerotic ulcer / Ana Garcia-Lopez / Jose L. Zamorano -- 25.Triggers of aortic dissection / John A. Elefieriades / Marina Feldman -- 26.Thoracic aortic aneurysm: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and management / Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos / Chris K. Rokkas -- 27.Abdominal aortic aneurysm: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and management / John D. Kakisis / Christos D. Liapis -- 28.Endovascular therapy of aortic diseases / Athanasios Kanargyris / Elias Bastounis / Chris Klonaris -- 29.Trauma of the thoracic aorta / John D. Symbas / Panagiotis N. Symbas -- 30.Concluding remarks and future directions / Harisios Boudoulas / Christodoulos Stefanadis |
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Contents note continued: 9.Aortic and carotid function as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes / Jacques Blacher / Michael E. Safar -- 10.Aortic pain / Charles F. Wooley / Elizabeth A. Sparks / Harisios Boudoulas -- 11.Aortic function in coronary artery disease / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Harisios Boudoulas / Nikolaos Alexopoulos / Charalambos Vlachopoulos -- 12.Aortic function in end-stage renal disease, diabetes mellitus, and arterial hypertension / John Lekakis -- 13.Aortic function in congenital heart disease / Harisios Boudoulas / Dimitrios N. Tziakas / Stella Brili / Michael Gatzoulis -- 14.Aortic function in beta-thalassemia major / Dimitrios A. Stakos / Dimitrios N. Tziakas / Dimitrios Margaritis / Harisios Boudoulas -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Historical Perspectives: the aorta in time / Charles F. Wooley / Mark E. Silverman -- 2.The aorta: embryology, anatomy, and pathology / Mary N. Sheppard / Siew Yen Ho -- 3.Basic concepts and regulation of aortic function / Junichiro Hashimoto / Michael F. O'Rourke -- 4.Aorta - aortic valve interrelationships / Harisios Boudoulas / Elizabeth A. Sparks / Charles F. Wooley -- 5.Aorta - peripheral arteries interrelationships / Junichiro Hashimoto / Michael F. O'Rourke -- 6.Aortic Function: methods of evaluation / Harisios Boudoulas / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Konstantinos Aznaouridis / Charalambos Vlachopoulos -- 7.Aortic Function in pregnancy / Harisios Boudoulas / Manolis Vavouranakis / Charalambos Vlachopoulos / Christodoulos Stefanadis -- 8.Aging and aortic function / Christodoulos Stefanadis / Harisios Boudoulas / Charalambos Vlachopoulos / Nikolaos Alexopoulos -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aorta -- Diseases.
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Aorta -- Pathophysiology.
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Aorta.
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Aorta.
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Aortic Diseases.
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| Author |
Boudoulas, Harisios.
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Stefanadis, Christodoulos.
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| LC no. |
2008039028 |
| ISBN |
1841845914 (hbk.) |
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9781841845913 (hbk.) |
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