Record Nr.

UNINA9911057016103321

Autore

Regus Susanne

Titolo

Answering Patients' Questions About Vascular Medicine : 170 Patient-Friendly Explanations / / by Susanne Regus

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2026

ISBN

3-662-72771-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2026.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (98 pages)

Collana

Medicine Series

Disciplina

617.413

Soggetti

Blood-vessels - Surgery

Blood-vessels - Diseases

Family medicine

Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Angiology

General Practice and Family Medicine

General Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

What do vascular specialists actually do? -- Arteriosclerosis -- Peripheral artery disease (PAD).– Chronic wounds.– Amputations.– Diabetic foot syndrome.– Vascular occlusion.– Stroke.– Aortic aneurysm.– Kidney failure and dialysis.– Vascular injuries from accidents.– Vascular diseases in athletes.– Varicose veins.– Thromboses.

Sommario/riassunto

Physicians and healthcare professionals will find here well-founded answers to the most frequently asked questions that patients have about vascular medicine topics—answers that are also understandable for medical laypersons. The basis for this is the author’s more than 20 years of experience in educational and counseling conversations, in which the same points are repeatedly addressed. Contents include: What do vascular specialists actually do? – Arteriosclerosis – Peripheral artery disease (“window shopper’s disease”) – Chronic wounds – Amputations – Diabetic foot syndrome – Vascular occlusion – Stroke –

Aortic aneurysm – Kidney failure and dialysis – Vascular injuries from accidents – Vascular diseases in athletes – Varicose veins – Thrombosis About the author: Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Regus is Deputy Director of the Department of Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Regensburg. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.