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Cardiovascular system --- Hypertension --- Diseases. --- Chemotherapy. --- Cardiovascular diseases --- Sistema cardiovascular --- Hipertensió --- Àsia

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Blood Pressure. --- Blood pressure. --- Blood pressure. --- Blood --- Physiology. --- Pression artérielle. --- Pression artérielle. --- Sistema Cardiovascular (Anatomia/Histologia). --- Circulation.

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Aorta --- Cirurgia cardiovascular --- Surgery. --- Pathophysiology. --- Cirurgia del sistema cardiovascular --- Anastomosi portocaval --- Cirurgia cardíaca --- Artèries --- Tòrax --- Artèries mesentèriques --- Arteries --- Blood --- Chest --- Circulation

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This book provides a concise yet comprehensive review of the morphological, biochemical, electrical, mechanical, and metabolic properties of vascular smooth muscle, the regulation of vascular activities and the intracellular signaling involved. It particularly focuses on newly identified vasoactive agents, enzymes and transduction mechanisms. It also discusses the latest findings in the regulation of cerebral, coronary and pulmonary circulation as well as vascular activity under hypoxia and ageing. The second edition intends to update the contents of the first edition with the latest achievements in the regulation of vascular activities from biochemical, structural, genetic, physiological, and pharmacological aspects. In addition, two new chapters related to microRNA and extracellular vesicles have been added to reflect their newly discovered important roles in vascular activities. The contraction and dilatation activities of vasculature are of fundamental importance for maintaining circulation homeostasis and adapting to physiological changes. Over the last four decades, there have been significant advances in our understanding of the biochemical, structural, genetic, physiological, and pharmacological aspects of vascular activity regulation, and these insights into the responsiveness of blood vessels under normal and pathophysiological conditions help to provide valuable weapons in the fight vascular diseases. The book is of interest to researchers and graduate students, both in basic research and in clinic settings, in the field of vascular biology.

Biology --- Human physiology --- Pathological biochemistry --- Human medicine --- medische biochemie --- biologie --- biomedische wetenschappen --- geneeskunde --- fysiologie --- Vascular smooth muscle. --- Vascular smooth muscle --- Physiology. --- Múscul llis --- Sistema cardiovascular --- Fisiologia humana

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This book addresses placement and retrieval of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. Until 2010, utilization of IVC filters had been increasing since their introduction in 1967. Studies in the early 2000’s, however, identified that prolonged caval interruption with IVC filters were fraught with complications including filter fracture, migration, and caval thrombosis. This subsequently led the FDA to issue an advisory recommending judicious placement and timely retrieval of IVC filters by treating physicians. This safety advisory ultimately created a heightened awareness by medical professionals and the general public regarding the negative consequences surrounding long-term caval filtration. Subsequently, IVC filter placements decreased nationally while retrievals conversely increased in the post-FDA advisory era. During this same time period, interest in complex IVC filter retrieval also increased as a method to manage patients identified to have or be at risk for complications secondary to prolonged filter implantation. Given these established trends and interest surrounding advanced techniques in IVC filter retrieval, this book addresses these topics in a reader-friendly, case-based format. Chapters focus particularly around the recognition and management of filter-related complications. Additionally, advanced techniques employed by experienced operators for complex filter retrieval are also discussed. For completeness, the book also includes a review of indications and appropriate methods for IVC filter placement. This book is unique in that, at present, descriptions of complications and advanced techniques utilized for complicated IVC filter removal consist mainly of case reports and case series scattered throughout the literature. This publication serves to compile these sources into a single comprehensive entity for physicians treating patients with IVC filters. Chapters are organized to begin with a few introductory paragraphs highlighting the relevant literature (and providing references for in-depth reading) followed by several cases demonstrating tips, tricks, and procedural pitfalls. When possible, each case will include a step-by-step description of the technique being described. This is an ideal guide for interventional radiologists, interventional cardiologists, and vascular surgeons that perform or are interested in performing filter retrieval beyond standard techniques.

Interventional radiology . --- Vascular surgery. --- Cardiology. --- Interventional Radiology. --- Vascular Surgery. --- Heart --- Internal medicine --- Vascular surgery --- Radiology, Interventional --- Medical radiology --- Therapeutics --- Diseases --- Blood-vessels --- Interventional radiology. --- Vena cava inferior --- Surgery. --- Cirurgia cardiovascular --- Cirurgia del sistema cardiovascular --- Anastomosi portocaval --- Cirurgia cardíaca --- Venes