Emergency vascular and endovascular surgical practice

Section 1 General Considerations 1 1A Emergency vascular services in the UK 3 Anthony DB Chant 1B Emergency vascular services in Denmark 7 Henrik Sillesen 1C Emergency vascular services in the USA 12 Vincent L Rowe, Juan A Asensio, Fred A Weaver 2 Pathophysiology of acute vascular insufficiency 17 Aires AB Barros D’Sa, Denis W Harkin 3 Intestinal ischaemia in aortic surgery 29 Martin G Björck 4 Ischaemia-reperfusion injury, SIRS and MODS 39 Denis W Harkin, Aires AB Barros D’Sa 5 Pathophysiology of stroke 55 Harvey J Chant 6 Assessing the risk in vascular emergencies 65 Peter R Taylor, David J Gerrard 7A Perioperative care in emergency vascular practice 73 Alasdair Dow, John F Thompson 7B Emergency vascular access 85 Thang D Nguyen, Roy M Fujitani, Samuel E Wilson 8 Imaging for vascular emergencies 95 Peter K Ellis, Barry Kelly, Peter Kennedy, Paul HB Blair 9A Outcomes of emergency vascular procedures. A view from the British Isles 105 Jonothan J Earnshaw 9B Outcomes of emergency vascular procedures in Scandinavia 111 William P Paaske, Mauri Lepäntalo, Thomas Troëng 10 Medico-legal aspects of emergency vascular care in the UK 121 Bruce Campbell Section 2 Acute Cerebrovascular Syndromes 127 11 The developing stroke 129 Sebastián F Ameriso12 Role of the vascular surgeon in managing stroke 141 John P Royle, Geoffrey A Donnan, Brian Chambers 13 Surgical experience in evolving stroke arising from the carotid 149 R Huber, RJ Seitz, M Siebler, A Aulich, Wilhelm Sandmann 14 Post-carotid endarterectomy stroke 155 David Rosenthal, Eric D Wellons Section 3 Acute Lower Limb Ischaemic States 161 15 Acute limb ischaemia: surgical options 163 Clifford P Shearman, Malcolm H Simms 16 Acute limb ischaemia: endovascular options 181 Bernard H Nachbur, Iris Baumgartner, Do D Do, Felix Mahler, Hans-Beat Ris 17 Graft maintenance and graft failure 197 David K Beattie, Alun H Davies 18 Acute ischaemia secondary to occult prosthetic graft infection 211 Linda M Reilly 19 The acute diabetic foot 223 Cameron M Akbari, Frank W LoGerfo Section 4 The Acutely Swollen Limb 235 20 Deep vein thrombosis 237 Bo GH Eklof, Curtis B Kamida 21 Pulmonary embolism 251 Anh Nguyen, Elaine Imoto, Bo GH Eklof 22 Upper limb vein thrombosis 261 Bengt LT Lindblad, Krassi Ivancev, Simon G Darke Section 5 Thoracoabdominal Catastrophes 275 23 The emergency aortic aneurysm 277 Jonathan Refson, John HN Wolfe 24 Stenting in acute aortic dissection 287 Michael D Dake 25 Prosthetic aortic graft infection 297 Charles W Bouch, James M Seeger 26 The acutely compromised renal artery 309 Michael P Jenkins, George Hamilton 27 Renal artery aneurysms 315 James C Stanley, Peter K Henke 28 Visceral artery aneurysms 325 Sandra C Carr, William D Turnipseed 29 Mesenteric ischaemia 335 Daryll M Baker, Janice Tsui, Averil O Mansfield Section 6 Acute Complications of Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) 343 30 Endoleak complicating EVAR 345 Robert J Hinchliffe, Brian R Hopkinson 31 Graft breakdown and migration complicating EVAR 357 S Rao Vallabhaneni, Peter L Harris 32 Atheroembolism complicating EVAR 367 Juan C Parodi, Luis M FerreiraSection 7 Regional Vascular Trauma 373 33 Vascular injuries of the limbs 375 Aires AB Barros D’Sa, John M Hood, Paul HB Blair 34 Vascular injuries of the chest 401 Alastair NJ Graham, Kieran G McManus, James A McGuigan 35 Vascular injuries of the neck 419 S Ram Kumar, Fred A Weaver 36 Abdominal vascular injuries 429 John V Robbs 37 Limb replantation 443 Colin M Morrison, Michael D Brennen Section 8 Iatrogenic Injuries 457 38 Injuries of arterial catheterisation 459 David Bergqvist, Christer Ljungman 39 Injuries of peripheral endovascular procedures 469 Amman Bolia, Peter RF Bell 40 Specialty related iatrogenic vascular injuries 487 Lars Norgren Section 9 Special Acute Vascular Challenges 493 41 Acute upper limb ischaemic states 495 Kenneth A Myers, Gregory W Self 42 Emergency aspects of Buerger’s disease 511 Sekar Natarajan, Dhanesh Kamerkar 43 Acute limb vascular inflammatory conditions 523 Matthew Waltham, Kevin G Burnand 44 Vascular emergencies caused by substance abuse 531 Ronald A Kline, Ramon Berguer 45 HIV/AIDS related vascular emergencies 545 Jacobus van Marle, Lynne Tudhope 46 Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding 555 Rowan W Parks, Thomas Diamond 47 Cold injury Per-Ola Granberg