Pulmonary Embolism, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999

Pulmonary embolism is a common but vexing illness. This book provides a contemporary overview of the most important issues from a Western and a Japanese perspective, providing the reader with state-of-the-art knowledge of the epidemiology and molecular biology of the disease. In the Diagnosis section, the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is explored, and exciting new findings are presented in the fields of echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The Management section focuses on surgical intervention with acute embolectomy as well as updating thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary embolism. The importance of primary and secondary prevention is emphasized in chapters addressing low molecular weight heparin and the inferior vena cava filter. This cutting-edge book is a valuable resource for practicing physicians, researchers, and students in internal medicine, hematology, pulmonary critical care, and vascular medicine.

Overview.- Overview of Pulmonary Embolism.- Hypercoagulability.- Hereditary Thrombophilia Caused by Abnormality of the Anticoagulant Protein C Pathway: Prenatal Diagnosis of Compound Heterozygous Protein C Deficiency by Direct Detection of the Mutation Sites.- Activated Protein C Resistance, Factor V Leiden, and Venous Thromboembolism.- Diagnosis.- Exploration of Pulmonary Embolic Sources in the Lower Limbs by Ultrasonography.- Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism.- Pulmonary Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Detection of Pulmonary Embolism.- Management.- Surgical and Transvenous Catheter Embolectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Review.- Clinicopathological Aspects of Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolic Hypertension with Special Reference to Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Japan.- Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy: The Efficacy of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support as a Bridge to Surgery.- Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Results from the Chiba University School of Medicine.- Current Status of Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Pulmonary Embolism.- Prevention.- Low Molecular Weight Heparins.- Clinical Experience with Vena Caval Filters.