Aneurysmal Disease of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta

The first successful open surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm was in 1951 by Dubost and represented a tremendous milestone in the care of this challenging disease. The introduction of endovascular repair in 1991 by Parodi furthered the care of these patients by allowing for lower morbidi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atkins, Marvin D.
Other Authors: Bush, Ruth L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: IntechOpen 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02849nma a2200325 u 4500
001 EB001990179
003 EBX01000000000000001153081
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 210512 ||| eng
020 |a 9789533075785 
020 |a 9789535166146 
020 |a 1038 
100 1 |a Atkins, Marvin D. 
245 0 0 |a Aneurysmal Disease of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta  |h Elektronische Ressource 
260 |b IntechOpen  |c 2011 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (238 p.) 
653 |a Cardiovascular medicine 
653 |a Cardiovascular medicine / bicssc 
700 1 |a Bush, Ruth L. 
700 1 |a Atkins, Marvin D. 
700 1 |a Bush, Ruth L. 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b DOAB  |a Directory of Open Access Books 
500 |a Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 
028 5 0 |a 10.5772/1038 
856 4 2 |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/65376  |z DOAB: description of the publication 
856 4 0 |u https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/527/authors_book/authors_book.pdf  |7 0  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 610 
520 |a The first successful open surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm was in 1951 by Dubost and represented a tremendous milestone in the care of this challenging disease. The introduction of endovascular repair in 1991 by Parodi furthered the care of these patients by allowing for lower morbidity and mortality rates and also, enabling surgeons to extend surgical treatment to patients traditionally deemed too high of a surgical risk. This new book on Aortic Disease covers many interesting and vital topics necessary for both the practicing surgeon as well as a student of vascular disease. The book starts with background information on the evolution of aortic management from traditional open surgical repair to modern endovascular therapies. There is also a chapter covering the data supporting current treatment modalities and how these data have supported modern management. Also, the use of endovascular means for care of the challenging situation of ruptured aneurysms is discussed. In addition to management of abdominal aneurysm, there is a chapter on treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta. Along with surgical treatment, one must also understand the molecular basis for how blood vessels remodel and thus, the role of cathepsins in aortic disease is elucidated. Lastly, chapters discussing the perioperative management of radiation exposure and ultrasound-guided nerve blocks as well as the need for high-quality postoperative nutrition will lend well to a full understanding of how to management patients from presentation to hospital discharge. We hope you enjoy this book, its variety of topics, and gain a fuller knowledge of Aneurysmal Disease of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta.