Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive clinical review of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease. The book includes chapters on the clinical features of transient ischemic attacks and ischemic stroke, risk factors, and evaluations. Additional chapters discuss causes of stroke including atherosclerosis, cardioembolism, non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies, and pro-thrombotic disorders. The causes of stroke in children and young adults are highlighted. The final section of the book includes chapters on therapies to prevent stroke, acute stroke treatment, general management of the patient with recurrent stroke, and rehabilitation. The volume is heavily referenced with an emphasis on recent publications so that the reader can pursue additional information about a topic. It also includes several tables and algorithms that should aid the clinician treating patients with cerebrovascular disease.

1. Introduction to ischemic cerebrovascular disease
2. Epidemiology of ischemic stroke
3. Presentations of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack
4. Evaluation of the patient with a transient ischemic attack or an ischemic stroke
5. Atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease
6. Cardiac sources of embolism
7. Non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies
8. Pro-thrombotic states
9. Stroke in children and young adults and genetic causes of stroke
10. Medical therapy for prevention of ischemic stroke
11. Surgical therapy for prevention of ischemic stroke
12. Management of acute ischemic stroke
13. Management of hospitalized patients with acute ischemic stroke
14. Rehabilitation and recovery after ischemic stroke
15. ...admirably reflects stroke therapy in the 21st century. The book is remarkably evidence-based with almost 4,000 up-to-the-minute citations. The authors have masterfully crafted a text that is both readable and authoritative without sacrificing the rigor of its scientific basis...there are excell“m