Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases

Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases edited by C.A. Nienaber, R. Fattori.

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nienaber, C.A (Editor), Fattori, R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:1st ed. 1999.
Series:Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 212
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Cardiology.
Cardiac surgery.
Thoracic surgery.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Aortic Dissection
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Definition
  • 1.3. Etiology and pathogenesis
  • 1.4. Classification
  • 1.5. Clinical presentation
  • 1.6. Diagnosis
  • 1.7. Management of acute aortic dissection
  • 1.8. References
  • 2. Aortic Aneurysm
  • 2.1. Etiology
  • 2.2. Pathophysiology
  • 2.3. Diagnostic approach
  • 2.4. References
  • 3. Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Pathogenesis and natural history
  • 3.3. Diagnosis
  • 3.4. Indications for surgery
  • 3.5. Surgical techniques
  • 3.6. Results
  • 3.7. Endovascular stent-grafting of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
  • 3.8. Endovascular stent-grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • 3.9. Summary
  • 3.10. References
  • 4. Inherited Disorders of the Aorta
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Single gene disorders
  • 4.3. Genetic basis to common aortic diseases
  • 4.4. Acknowledgments
  • 4.5. References
  • 5. Aortic Trauma
  • 5.1. Demography and mechanism
  • 5.2. Pathology
  • 5.3. Clinical presentation
  • 5.4. Natural history
  • 5.5. Infrequent locations of traumatic aortic lesion
  • 5.6. Diagnosis
  • 5.7. Acknowledgments
  • 5.8. References
  • 6. Aortitis
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Etiology and historical perspective to Takayasu’s aortitis
  • 6.3. Pathophysiology
  • 6.4. Diagnostic procedures
  • 6.5. Pathology
  • 6.6. Treatment/management
  • 6.7. Outcome
  • 6.8. Other aortic inflammatory diseases
  • 6.9. Conclusion
  • 6.10. References
  • 7. Etiology and Pathology of the Aortic Arch Malformations
  • 7.1. Development of the aortic arch system
  • 7.2. Obstructive anomalies of the aortic arch
  • 7.3. Other anomalies of the aortic arch
  • 7.4. Supravalvular aortic stenosis
  • 7.5. Dysplasia of the great arteries [“Maccheroni syndrome”]
  • 7.6. Bicuspid aortic valve and aortic dissection
  • 7.7. Anatomo-pathologic experience at the University of Padua
  • 7.8. References.

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