Meet the editors

Stanislaw P. Stawicki, MD, MBA, FACS, is Chair of the Department of Research of Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is Associate Professor of Surgery at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Stawicki has edited more than 15 books on the topics of clinical research, graduate medical education, medical leadership, and patient safety. He is a member of multiple editorial boards and has co-

authored nearly 600 publications. He has given multiple scientific presentations on four continents and is board certified in general surgery, surgical critical care, and neurocritical care.

Michael S. Firstenberg, MD, FACC, is a board-certified thoracic surgeon practicing adult cardiac surgery at the Medical Center of Aurora (Colorado, USA) where he serves as the Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He currently holds adjunct appointments in the Colleges of Medicine and Graduate Studies at Northeast Ohio Medical University and serves on the teaching faculty at Rocky Vista University. He attended Case Western

Reserve University Medical School, received his general surgery training at university hospitals in Cleveland, and completed a fellowship in thoracic surgery at the Ohio State University. He also obtained advanced training in heart failure surgical therapies at the Cleveland Clinic. He is an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, and American College of Academic International Medicine (for which he is a founding fellow). He currently serves a chair of the American College of Cardiology Credentialing and Member Services Committee as well as being active on several other national society committees. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. He has edited several textbooks on topics ranging from medical leadership, patient safety, endocarditis, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—all of which include topics that he has lectured on worldwide.

Mamta Swaroop, MD, FACS, FICS, FAIM, is an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care and the Director for the Center for Global Surgery. She serves as the Global Surgery Program Director in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Her lab, the Northwestern Trauma and Surgical Initiative (www.ntsi.global), aims to build sustainable access to surgical care through education and

research in low resource settings, both locally and internationally. In 2018, she was honored as one of Oprah's Health Heroes, received the 39th annual Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, presented the keynote address at the Royal College of Surgeons Global Frontiers Conference in London on the Bolivian Trauma Initiative, and held the first international TRUE

(Trauma Responders Unify to Empower) Communities Course. The Northwestern Trauma and Surgical Initiative (NTSI) conducts community-directed research and programmatic development in Southeast Asia, South America, and Chicago. Her work on helmet usage for female pillions on motorized two-wheelers added to work leading to legislative change in the governance of women needing to wear helmets in New Delhi. In Bolivia, her team writes and participates in legislation and implementation of a prehospital system. In Chicago, the TRUE Communities Course aims to empower communities to take action by turning bystanders into immediate responders. With more than 1500 people taught in Chicago, the course has spread to Mississippi and Bolivia, with revisions for London and Lagos. She has been an invited national and international visiting professor and keynote speaker, presenting on trauma and global surgery topics and has authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles. She is the co-editor of the book Success in Academic Surgery: Academic Global Surgery.

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*and Michael S. Firstenberg*

*by Alan M. Poisner and Agostino Molteni*

Acute Arterial Embolism of the Lower Limb

Non-Malignant Cardiac Tumors

*by André Luís Foroni Casas*

Peripartum Pulmonary Embolism

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1** Introductory Chapter: Defining the True Global Impact of Embolic Phenomena *by Samantha Wolfe, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Mamta Swaroop, Jennifer C.B. Irick* 

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 41**

**Chapter 5 57**

**Chapter 6 81**

*Anastasia Bothou, Anna Chalkidou, Anna Christoforidou, Elefterios Chatzimichael, Fotini Gaitatzi, Ioannis Tsirkas, Arsou Chalil Bourazan, Eirini Bampageorgaka, Georgios Iatrakis, Stefanos Zervoudis, Werner Rath and Georgios Galazios*

**Chapter 7 101**

**Chapter 8 115**

*by Nissar Shaikh, Firdous Ummunnisa, Arshad Chanda, Umm-e-Amara,* 

Venous Interventions: From Lower-Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis to

*Mohammad Nayeemmuddin, Qazi Zeeshan, Zia Mahmood, Saher Thaseen, Abdul Gafoor Tharayil, Ranjan Mathias, A.R. Raju Vegesna and Umaiz Momin*

*by Sarah Eapen, Bethany Malone, Jennifer Hanna and Michael S. Firstenberg*

Coronary Embolic Phenomena: High-Impact, Low-Frequency Events *by Qasim Malik, Ambreen Ahmad, Stanislaw P. Stawicki and Peter Puleo*

Fat Embolism: What We Have Learned from Animal Models

Thrombophilia and Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management *by Panagiotis Tsikouras, Theodora Deftereou, Xanthoula Anthoulaki,* 

*Mohammed A. Imran, Mahammad Zubair, Jazib Hassan,* 

May-Thurner Syndrome and Budd-Chiari Syndrome *by Ding-Kwo Wu, Chih-Wei Chen, Hao Xu and Maoheng Zu*

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### **Chapter 9 149**

Bullet and Shrapnel Embolism: When "Uncommon" Meets "Dangerous" *by Stephen D. Dingley, Zachary E. Darby, Jennifer C.B. Irick, Gregory Domer and Stanislaw P. Stawicki*
