Answering Patients' Questions About Vascular Medicine - 170 Patient-Friendly Explanations

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 non-medical audiences. These are based on the author s more than 20 years of experience in informational and counseling conversations, in which the same points are repeatedly raised.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Regus is Deputy Director of the Department of Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Regensburg.

Summary

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 non-medical audiences. These are based on the author’s more than 20 years of experience in informational and counseling conversations, in which the same points are repeatedly raised.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Regus
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 23.04.2026
• EAN: 9783662727706
• ISBN: 978-3-662-72770-6
• No. of pages: 85
• Illustrations: IX, 85 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Kardiologie, Angiologie, allgemeine Chirurgie, STENT, Stroke, vascular surgery, arteriosclerosis, bypass, general surgery, Allgemeinmedizin / Familienmedizin, angiology, General Practice and Family Medicine, atherosclerosis, vascular medicine, carotid stenosis, Aortic aneurysm, Leg amputation, Leg ulcer, Carotid arteries, Thromboses, Blood thinning and coagulation, Ruptured abdominal aorta, Patient counseling, Aortic stent, Peripheral artery disease (PAD, Patient information