Dr. D. Eugene Strandness Jr., a surgeon whose research brought about significant advances in noninvasive vascular medicine, died on Jan. 7 at his home in Bellevue, Wash.
(In vascular medicine, dissection is a blister-like de-lamination between the outer and inner walls of a vessel, generally originating with a partial leak in the inner lining.)
It was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where Stumpf, working with specialists in orthopedic and vascular medicine, conducted extensive research into ergonomics, specifically in the way people sit.
Vascular Medicine - Information for experts and laypersons regarding vascular medicine and related diseases.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South is a world-renowned group of cardiologists, representing nearly every specialty in heart and vascular medicine.
The Society for Vascular Medicine is a United States-based medical specialty professional society in the field of vascular medicine.
The field of vascular medicine (angiology) is the field that deals with preventing, diagnosing and treating vascular and blood vessel related diseases.
Cardiovascular risk factors such high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and others fall under the specialty of vascular medicine.
In Europe, vascular medicine (angiology) training is well established, especially in France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
"This is a major study," said Dr. Randall Zusman, director of the division of hypertension and vascular medicine of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
