Neurovascular Examination The Rapid Evaluation of Stroke Patients Using Ultrasound Waveform Interpretation

by Alexandrov, Andrei V.

• ISBN13: 9781405185301
• ISBN10: 1405185309
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-07-29
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The use of neurovascular ultrasound is of increasing importance in neurological practice, both for radiologists and increasingly by neurologists themselves. Written by the world’s most renowned expert, this book explains

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• ultrasound examination of a stroke patient
  
• scanning protocols
  
• interpretation of the results

Case examples (with a standard template presentation correlating presentation to waveform output) reinforce the book's practical nature.

Illustrated with photos of the tests, explanations, and with actual waveforms, images, and result interpretation, and enhanced with 'pearls' and 'avoiding pitfalls' features, it is a practical reference for those learning ultrasound as well as those using ultrasound in their practices.

Author Biography

Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, RVT, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Radiology, Director, STAT Neurosonology Service and Center for Noninvasive Brain Perfusion Studies, Stroke Program, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 Understanding the Mechanisms and Dynamics of Cerebrovascular Events

Chapter 2 Time Is Brain and Brain Is Flow!

Chapter 3 The Power of Observation

Chapter 4. Applied Principles of Ultrasound Physics

Chapter 5 Applied Principles of Hemodynamics

Chapter 6 Real Time Ultrasound Measures

Chapter 7 Emergent Examination

Chapter 8  Diagnostic Waveforms and Algorithms

Chapter 9  Differential Diagnosis

Chapter 10 Integration of Information and Case-based Problem Solving