Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment

Abstract

This book constitutes a comprehensive presentation of the clinical aspects of peripheral vascular diseases. Where the authors deem it helpful some experimental material is included. An initial chapter on the structure of the peripheral arterial pathways is followed by a classification of peripheral arterial disease and chapters on methods of examination, symptoms and signs of interference with arterial flow, important diseases of the arteries, neurovascular syndromes, general care and hygiene of the extremities, medical, physical, and surgical methods of treatment, various venous syndromes, lymphatic problems, and neoplastic conditions. The editors are to be commended for including sections on the use of chiropody and of prosthetic devices and on vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord. In a volume as comprehensive as this it is impossible to avoid taking positions that are not accepted by all other workers and presenting controversial views. For example, at one point it is stated