Clinical Physiology of the Venous System is a comprehensive overview of vein physiology.

• Presents data in the fields of venous physiology, pharmacology and venous diseases as well as the field of phlebology, which has seen rapid and important progress in the last decade.
• Recent developments in venous disorders are covered with regard to pathophysiology; most modern diagnostic methods and therapies.
• Venous tone regulation data is presented with a focus on neural; hormonal; local and myogenic control of venous smooth muscle. Special attention was paid to endothelium-derived vasoactive factors involved in the regulation of venous tone.
• Take home messages at the beginning of each chapter for quick review.
• List of key abbreviations used in the book.
• Well illustrated with teaching tables.
• Useful for any physician, researcher or student interested in vein physiology.

Klappentext

Clinical Physiology of the Venous System is a comprehensive overview of vein physiology. - Presents data in the fields of venous physiology, pharmacology and venous diseases as well as the field of phlebology, which has seen rapid and important progress in the last decade. - Recent developments in venous disorders are covered with regard to pathophysiology; most modern diagnostic methods and therapies. - Venous tone regulation data is presented with a focus on neural; hormonal; local and myogenic control of venous smooth muscle. Special attention was paid to endothelium-derived vasoactive factors involved in the regulation of venous tone. - Take home messages at the beginning of each chapter for quick review. - List of key abbreviations used in the book. - Well illustrated with teaching tables. - Useful for any physician, researcher or student interested in vein physiology.

Inhalt
1 Hydrodynamic And Rheologic Laws Applied To The Venous Circulation.- 2 Veins And Their Functions.- 3. Venous Wall Morphological And Functional Aspects.- 4. Regulation Of The Venous Tone.- 5 Varicose Disease.- 6 Thromboembolic Venous Disease.- 7 Chronic Venous Insufficiency Of The Inferior Limbs (C.V.I.).- 8 Congenital Disturbances Of Vascular Genesis.- 9 Miscellaneous Veins Pathology.