Complications in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 1 Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
1	Definitions and analysis of complications in relation to the benefits of treatment	1
2	Management of cardiac disease and cardiac risk in the vascular atherosclerotic patient	7
3	Hypercoagulable states and unexplained vascular thrombosis	13
4	Graft healing and graft incorporation	23
5	Dilatation and durability of polyester grafts	35
6	Adaptive changes of vein grafts in the arterial circulation	45
7	Mechanisms and prevention of myointimal hyperplasia	53
8	Postoperative arterial infection: epidemiology, bacteriology and pathogenesis	61
9	Prevention and treatment of arterial graft infections	75
10	Renal complications after enhanced contrast media injection	85
11	Renal failure following reconstructive vascular surgery	95
12	Vascular complications after kidney transplantation	107
13	Neurologic complications of carotid surgery	119
14	Critical aspects of cerebrovascular protection and monitoring during carotid surgery	133
15	Cranial nerve injury after carotid artery surgery	141
16	Recurrent carotid stenosis	151
17	Complications of reconstructive surgery of the vertebral and subclavian arteries	159
18	Complications of percutaneous carotid artery angioplasty	171
19	Complications of supra-aortic arterial endovascular interventions	179
20	Complications of stent-graft placement in the thoracic aorta	185
21	Complications of open surgery of the aortic arch	193
22	Complications of descending thoracic aortic surgery	201
23	Postoperative stroke associated with non-cerebrovascular surgery	211
24	Complications of vascular access for hemodialysis	225
25	Complications of surgical treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome	237
26	Complications and side effects of endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy	243
27	Complications after reconstructive surgery of the main venous trunks	249
28	Complications of vena caval filter procedures	259
29	Complications of surgery for varicose veins	271