Stroke : pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management /

First published in 1986 under the editorial direction of Dr. Henry J.M. Barnett, this encyclopedic, yet readable text has served as a "one-stop shop" for generations of practitioners seeking authoritative coverage of the scientific and clinical aspects of stroke. The 4th Edition features a...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Mohr, J. P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Churchill Livingstone, ©2004.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION
  • 1. Distribution of Stroke
  • 2. Risk Factors for Stroke and Stroke Prevention
  • 3. Outcome Following Stroke
  • II. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
  • 4. Classification of Ischemic Stroke
  • 5. Internal Carotid Artery Disease
  • 6. Anterior Cerebral Artery Disease
  • 7. Middle Cerebral Artery Disease
  • 8. Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarcts
  • 9. Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarcts
  • 10. Vertebrobasilar Infarction
  • 11. Lacunes
  • 12. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
  • 13. Parenchymatous Hemorrhage
  • 14. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • 15. Brain Vascular Malformations
  • 16. Spinal Cord Ischemia
  • III. DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
  • 17. Overview of Laboratory Studies
  • 18. Computed Tomography-Based Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Disease
  • 19. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • 20. Conventional Angiography
  • 21. Ultrasonography
  • 22. Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
  • IV. SPECIFIC MEDICAL DISEASES AND STROKE
  • 23. Arterial Dissections
  • 24. Collagen Vascular and Infectious Diseases
  • 25. Moyamoya Disease
  • 26. Fibromuscular Dysplasia
  • 27. Migraine
  • 28. Hypertensive Encephalopathy
  • 29. Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
  • 30. Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aortic Arch
  • 31. Binswanger₂s Disease
  • 32. CADASIL
  • 33. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
  • 34. Coagulopathies
  • 35. Stroke with Substance Abuse
  • 36. Cardiac Diseases, Including Patent Foramen Ovale
  • V. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
  • 37. Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis
  • 38. Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
  • 39. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Cerebrovascular Disease
  • 40. Histopathology of Cerebral Ischemia
  • 41. Excitotoxicity
  • 42. Apoptosis
  • 43. White Matter Injury
  • 44. Inflammation
  • 45. Intracellular Signaling: Mediators and Protective Responses
  • 46. Recovery of Function
  • VI. THERAPY
  • A. Medical Therapy
  • 47. Prehospital and Emergency Department Care of the Acute Stroke Patient
  • 48. Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke
  • 49. Intra-arterial Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke
  • 50. Antithrombotic Therapy for Acute Stroke
  • 51. General Stroke Management and Stroke Units
  • 52. Critical Care of the Acute Stroke Patient
  • 53. Pharmacologic Modification of Acute Stroke (Neuroprotection)
  • 54. Treatment of "Other" Stroke Etiologies
  • 55. Medical Therapy of Intracerebral and Intraventricular Hemorrhage
  • 56. Rehabilitation and Recovery of the Stroke Patient
  • 57. Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Stroke Prevention
  • 58. Medical Management of Intracranial and Extracranial Atherosclerosis
  • 59. Stenting of Intracranial and Extracranial Arterial Stenoses
  • 60. Secondary Prevention of Cardioembolic Stroke
  • 61. Clinical Trials for Stroke
  • B. Surgical Therapy
  • 62. Inherited Vascular Diseases of Neurosurgical Significance
  • 63. Intracranial Hemorrhage
  • 64. Intraventricular Hemorrhage
  • 65. Symptomatic Carotid Occlusive Disease
  • 66. Asymptomatic Carotid Occlusive Disease
  • 67. Intracranial Aneurysms
  • 68. Arteriovenous Malformations
  • 69. Cavernous and Venous Malformations
  • 70. Dural Arteriovenous Malformations
  • 71. Moyamoya Disease: Surgical Aspects
  • 72. Spinal Vascular Malformations
  • 73. Cerebral Vasospasm
  • 74. Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass for Cerebral Ischemia
  • 75. Cerebral Infarction: Surgical Treatment
  • 76. Cerebellar Infarction and Hemorrhage
  • 77. Nontraumatic Intracranial Arterial Dissection
  • 78. Interventional Neuroradiologic Therapy
  • 79. Standards for Surgical Care of Stroke, Circa 2000.