Textbook of Stroke Medicine

by Edited by Michael Brainin , Wolf-Dieter Heiss

• ISBN13: 9780521518260
• ISBN10: 0521518261
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-21
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This concise and informative textbook is aimed at trainee doctors beginning work on a stroke unit or residents embarking on their postdoctoral training in stroke care. It has a practical approach covering all important issues of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Chapters on the basics of neuropathology and pathophysiology are followed by reviews of clinical issues, including neuroimaging, clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment, stroke in the young, and stroke-related dementia. Topics of rising importance are covered in chapters on stroke unit management, monitoring and management of complications including infections, recommendations for thrombolysis, interventions and neurosurgical procedures, and clear and balanced recommendations for secondary prevention. Finally, neuropsychological syndromes are explained and an up-to-date view on neurorehabilitation is presented. The authors are all experts in their field and many of them teach on the European Master's Program on Stroke Medicine, which is supported and endorsed by the European Stroke Organization.

Author Biography

Michael Brainin is Professor in Clinical Neurology at the Center of Clinical Neurosciences, at the Danube University, Krems, and Head of the Department of Neurology, Klinikum Tulln, Austria. Wolf-Dieter Heiss is Professor Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Germany.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of contributors	p. viii
Etiology, pathophysiology and imaging
Neuropathology and pathophysiology of stroke	p. 1
Common causes of ischemic stroke	p. 28
Neuroradiology	p. 40
Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: CT, perfusion CT, CT angiography	p. 40
Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: MRI and MR angiography	p. 43
Functional imaging in acute stroke, recovery and rehabilitation	p. 48
Ultrasound in acute ischemic stroke	p. 58
Clinical epidemiology and risk factors
Basic epidemiology of stroke and risk assessment	p. 77
Common risk factors and prevention	p. 89
Cardiac diseases relevant to stroke	p. 105
Diagnostics and syndromes
Common stroke syndromes	p. 121
Less common stroke syndromes	p. 135
Intracerebral hemorrhage	p. 154
Cerebral venous thrombosis	p. 165
Behavioral neurology of stroke	p. 178
Stroke and dementia	p. 194
Ischemic stroke in the young and in children	p. 203
Therapeutic strategies and neurorehabilitation
Stroke units and clinical assessment	p. 219
Acute therapies and interventions	p. 230
Management of acute ischemic stroke and its complications	p. 243
Infections in stroke	p. 258
Secondary prevention	p. 272
Neurorehabilitation	p. 283
Index	p. 307
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