Sections

• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviation List
• 1. Endothelium
• 2. Vascular Smooth Muscle Structure and Function
• 3. Atherosclerosis
• 4. Mechanisms of Plaque Rupture
• 5. Current and Emerging Therapies in Atheroprotection
• 6. Molecular Approaches to Revascularization in Peripheral Vascular Disease
• 7. Biology of Restenosis and Targets for Intervention
• 8. Vascular Arterial Haemodynamics
• 9. Physiological Haemostasis
• 10. Hypercoagulable States
• 11. Platelets in the Pathogenesis of Vascular Disease and their Role as a Therapeutic Target
• 12. Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysms
• 13. Pharmacological Treatment of Aneurysms
• 14. Pathophysiology of Aortic Dissection and Connective Tissue Disorders
• 15. Biomarkers in Vascular Disease
• 16. Pathophysiology and Principles of Management of Vasculitides and Raynaud’s Syndrome
• 17. SIRS, Sepsis and Multiorgan Failure
• 18. Pathophysiology of Reperfusion Injury
• 19. Compartment Syndromes
• 20. Pathophysiology of Pain
• 21. Post-amputation Pain
• 22. Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
• 23. Principles of Wound Healing
• 24. Pathophysiology and Principles of Management of Varicose Veins
• 25. Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Leg Ulceration: Principles and Vascular Biology
• 26. Pathophysiology and Principles of Management of the Diabetic Foot
• 27. Lymphoedema – Principles, Genetics and Pathophysiology
• 28. Graft Materials Past and Future
• 29. Pathophysiology of Vascular Graft Infections