1st Edition
Pharmacological Therapies for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Edited By Debabrata Mukherjee
Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
Patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) are at increased risk of death when compared with age-matched healthy controls. They are also, whether symptomatic or not, six times more likely to die within ten years when compared to patients without the disease. This excess mortality exists even if coronary artery disease is not clinically present, and makes the treatment of PVD a highly... Read more
Arterial Diseases 1. Lifestyle changes and risk factor modification 2. Pentoxifylline and Cilostazol 3. Antiplatelet therapy 4. Lipid Lowering therapy 5. ACE/ARB in peripheral arterial diseases 6. Beta blockers in peripheral arterial diseases 7. Fibrinolytic therapy in peripheral arterial diseases 8. Antithrombotic therapies 9. Miscellaneous agents [Naftidrofuryl, Prostaglandins, L-arginine] 10. Pharmacotherapy for global cardiovascular risk reduction Venous Diseases 11. Deep venous thrombosis / Pulmonary Embolism pharmacotherapy 12. Compression stockings and sclerosing agents
Biography
Debabrata Mukherjee
