Carotid Artery Disease: Evaluation and Management

Description:

This truly comprehensive title addresses all aspects of the evaluation and management of carotid artery disease. The extracranial carotid artery is an area of confluence for both medical and surgical specialists. Given its unique position and function in the body, disease states that involve the carotid artery require a unique approach to ensure the best outcomes for patients. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of thought leaders from across medical, surgical, and radiological disciplines, Carotid Artery Disease: Evaluation and Management provides a diverse resource where readers can find presentation, evaluation, and management recommendations for any process involving the extracranial carotid artery, be it related to atherosclerotic, traumatic, inflammatory, or even oncologic disease. Indeed this title is a unique offering in that one can find traditional, and even exclusively medical, conditions within the same binding as surgical or interventional ones. Typically, access to this type of information requires the purchase of multiple different texts, but this complete title distills the evaluation and management of carotid artery disease into a one-of-a-kind, practical, accessible reference. A much-needed and invaluable contribution to the clinical literature, Carotid Artery Disease: Evaluation and Management will be of great interest to anyone early in his or her career and needing an introduction to the field, as well as seasoned clinicians in need of state-of-the-art, refresher information.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction to Management of Carotid Disease

2. Anatomy of the Carotid Artery

3. Imaging of the Carotid Artery

4. Introduction to Carotid Atherosclerosis

5. Medical Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid Disease

6. Carotid Endarterectomy

7. Carotid Artery Stenting

8. Radiation-Induced Stenosis

9. Acute Carotid Occlusion

10. Chronic Carotid Occlusion

11. Carotid Artery Dissection

12. Extracranial Carotid Artery Aneurysms

13. Carotid Blowout Syndrome

14. Carotid Artery Fibromuscular Dysplasia

15. Giant Cell Arteritis

16. Takayasu’s Arteritis

17. Carotid Body Tumors: Pre-operative Management and a Review of the Literature

18. Surgical Management of Carotid Body Tumor with Case Illustrations

19. Carotidynia