Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are grateful to the many researchers who contributed to the success of the first volume of this Special Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/vascular_etiology_diagnosis_threapy_prognosis). We are very pleased to now announce the second volume of our Special Issue.

Vascular diseases have an increasing morbidity and mortality impact, as they are related to population aging, socio-economic factors or increasing prevalence of risk factors, such as diabetes. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to vascular complications, both at the arterial and venous sites. Vascular medicine is not just a field of intense medical research, having also become a distinct medical specialty or subspecialty in many countries. Vascular diseases involve peripheral arteries and veins, aorta and visceral abdominal vessels and cervical vessels, such as carotids and vertebral arteries. Cardiac and cerebral complications are often related to vascular diseases. Coronary, carotid and peripheral arteries have common atherothrombotic etiology and share many clinical diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic relationships. Microcirculation is a field of increasing fundamental and clinical research interest, both for arterial and venous diseases. The research field in vascular diseases and medicine is broad and opened to contributions from fundamental (genetics, haemostasis, biochemistry, etc.) and clinical medicine. Diagnosis and therapy of vascular diseases are performed by medical, surgical and interventional procedures and specialists. The scope of this Special Issue covers specific arterial and venous diseases, their specific impact on organ diseases and the relationships between vascular diseases at multiple sites. New drugs are developed to control risk factors (dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, etc.) or for antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy, with a significantly beneficial prognostic impact. Surgical revascularization at different arterial sites improves morbidity and mortality. Interventional procedures gain ground on both arterial and venous sites and have been proven safe and effective. The aim of this Special Issue is to offer an overview of the richness of vascular fundamental and clinical medicine, covering all aspects of etiologic, diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic research.

Prof. Dr. Dan Mircea Olinic
Prof. Dr. Agata Stanek
Guest Editors

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• vascular diseases
• etiology
• diagnosis
• prognosis
• therapy