Pharmacotherapy in Aortic Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Evangelista, Arturo (Editor), Nienaber, Christoph A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Current Cardiovascular Therapy ; 7
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

This book is driven by the considerable progress made by novel imaging techniques in understanding the pathophysiology and evolution of aortic disease and its diagnosis. Despite the lack of symptoms in stable conditions, most aortic diseases have a high morbidity and mortality. New therapeutic strat...

Table of Contents:

• Aortic atherosclerosis as an embolic source
• Aortitis
• Aortic aneurysm
• Marfan Syndrome
• Acute Aortic Syndrome
• Chronic aortic dissection.