part Section I: Mechanisms of Vascular Disease -- chapter 1 Pathology of Vascular Disease -- chapter 2 Coagulation Abnormalities -- chapter 3 Antiphospholipid Antibodies -- chapter 4 Platelet Disorders in Autoimmune Diseases -- chapter 5 Immunology of Atherosclerosis -- chapter 6 Homocysteine and Vascular Disease in the Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases -- chapter 7 Vascular Tone Control and Raynaud’s Phenomenon -- chapter 8 Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies -- chapter 9 Antiendothelial Cell Antibodies -- chapter 10 Cryoglobulins -- chapter 11 Markers of Endothelial Damage -- chapter 12 Systemic Inflammatory Respone Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Thrombosis -- chapter 13 Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecules in Vasculitis -- chapter 14 Experimental Induction of Vascular Disease -- chapter 15 Hormones and Vascular Disease -- part Section II: Clinical Manifestations -- chapter 16 Vascular Manigestations in Necrotizing and Granulomatous Vasculitides -- chapter 17 Vascular Manifestations in Giant-Cell Arteritis -- chapter 18 Vascular Manifestations in Takayasu's Arteritis -- chapter 19 Vascular Manifestations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / chapter 20 Vascular Manifestations in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome / chapter 21 Vascular Manifestations in Sjögren’s Syndrome / chapter 22 Vascular Manifestations of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis / chapter 23 Vascular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Dermato/Polymyositis, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / chapter 24 Vascular Manifestations in Relapsing Polychondritis / chapter 25 Vascular Manifestations of Behçet’s Disease / chapter 26 Vascular Manifestations in Microangiopathic Syndromes / chapter 27 The Vasculitic Diseases of Childhood / chapter 28 Pulmonary Hypertension / chapter 29 Renal Vasculitis / chapter 30 Skin Manifestations of Vasculitis / part Section III: Treatment -- chapter 31 Pharmacological Treatments for Thrombotic Diseases / chapter 32 Hormone Replacement Therapy for “At Risk” Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases / chapter 33 Surgical Treatments / chapter 34 Therapy of Systemic Vasculitis / chapter 35 Anticoagulation Therapy for the Antiphospholipid Syndrome / chapter 36 The Treatment of Raynaud’s Phenomenon / chapter 37 Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension