The number of patients with occlusive peripheral vascular disease of the lower ex tremities is still growing as rapidly as the number of patients with coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Due to the increase in average life expectancy during the last few decades, more patients now need surgical vascular reconstruc tion. This actually means a demand for more centers specializing in vascular surgery and equipped with intensive care facilities, since the number of patients with cardio vascular and bronchopulmonary complications is increasing as well. In addition, the number of...
The number of patients with occlusive peripheral vascular disease of the lower ex tremities is still growing as rapidly as the number of patients with...
In the past ten years, there have been significant advances in the diagnosis and therapy of arterial vascular disease. While long-term morbidity can only be improved by changing the patient's life-style and removing any risk factors that may be present(hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetesmellitus, nicotine abuse), symptomatic relief may be obtained by various procedures. Besides conservative treatment of arterial occlusive disease (physical therapy, medical treatment) and surgical vascular interventions (thromboendarterectomy, bypass procedures), balloon catheters introduced...
In the past ten years, there have been significant advances in the diagnosis and therapy of arterial vascular disease. While long-term morbidity can o...
