The purpose of this vascular handbook, as stated in the Preface, is to present updates and information on the tried and true treatments for a wide variety of vascular problems, along with methodologies to treat patients in the office and the hospital with better efficiency and outcomes.
Forty-one chapters are divided into nine areas of interest:
Each section has a variety of essays written by notables in the field, the content of which varies from discussion of new study or trial data to a summary of historical and recent thoughts on the topic. All chapters are easy to read, nicely written, and appropriately referenced. There is a bit of redundancy between chapter 9, Hypercoaguable Disorders, and chapter 35, Hematological Factors in Recurrent Venous Thrombosis, and chapter 29, A New Strategy in the Resuscitation of Trauma Patients, seems a bit out of place among the other chapters. At $155, the cost may be a bit high, yet I really enjoyed reading the book and it does have a great deal of new information that is practical and useful. I would recommend this book for those with vascular expertise on which to build. It is most suited for the vascular fellow, the vascular attending, and the private practice vascular surgeon.