Concise and informative, this guide is for doctors preparing to specialise in stroke care and strokologists looking for rapid but in-depth scientific guidance on stroke management. This third edition is fully revised to ensure that medical professionals are completely up-to-date in this fast-moving field. Its practical and problem-based approach covers all important issues of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, and reviews epidemiology and risk assessment. This new edition features expanded sections on topics of stroke unit management, thrombolysis, neurointerventions, cognitive impairment, secondary prevention and rehabilitation, and includes new chapters on neurointensive care and small vessel disease. Comprehensive in its coverage, the textbook includes acute assessment, imaging and emergency interventions. The authors are renowned experts in their field and have been working together in a teaching faculty for the European Master in Stroke Medicine Programme, which is supported by the European Stroke Organisation and the World Stroke Organisation.
Concise and practical, this is a crucial guide for all strokologists and doctors training in stroke care
Fully revised to reflect a fast-moving field, the book is problem-focused and guidance-orientated to ensure high-quality support
The third edition includes new chapters on neurointensive care and small vessel disease, with expansions sections on stroke unit management, thrombolysis, neurointerventions and the practice of neurorehabilitaton, amongst other topics
Author(s): Michael Brainin, Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Series: Eğitim Tanrısı
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Commentary: NO BOOKMARKS
Pages: 464
Tags: Stroke Medicine
Preface vii
List of contributors viii
Section I Etiology, pathophysiology and imaging
1 Neuropathology and pathophysiology of stroke Konstantin A. Hossmann Wolf-Dieter Heiss 1
2 Common causes of ischemic stroke Bo Norrving 28
3 Neuroradiology 40
(A) Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: CT, perfusion CT, CT angiography Patrik Michel 40
(B) Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: MRI and MR angiography Jens Fiehler 43
(c) Functional imaging in acute stroke, recovery and rehabilitation Wolf-Dieter Heiss 48
4 Ultrasound in acute ischemic stroke L?szl? Csiba 58
Section II Clinical epidemiology and risk factors
5 Basic epidemiology of stroke and risk assessment Jaakko Tuomilehto Markku M?h?nen Cinzia Sarti 77
6 Common risk factors and prevention Michael Brainin Yvonne Teuschl Karl Matz 89
7 Cardiac diseases relevant to stroke Claudia St?llberger Josef Finsterer 105
Section III Diagnostics and syndromes
8 Common stroke syndromes C?line Odier Patrik Michel 121
9 Less common stroke syndromes Wilfried Lang 135
10 Intracerebral hemorrhage Michael Brainin Raoul Eckhardt 154
11 Cerebral venous thrombosis Jobst Rudolf 165
12 Behavioral neurology of stroke Jos? M. Ferro Isabel P. Martins Lara Caeiro 178
13 Stroke and dementia Didier Leys Marta Altieri 194
14 Ischemic stroke in the young and in children Didier Leys Valeria Caso 203
Section IV Therapeutic strategies and neurorehabilitation
15 Stroke units and clinical assessment Risto O. Roine Markku Kaste 219
16 Acute therapies and interventions Richard O'Brien Thorsten Steiner Kennedy R. Lees 230
17 Management of acute ischemic stroke and its complications Natan M. Bornstein Eitan Auriel 243
18 Infections in stroke Achim Kaasch Harald Seifert 258
19 Secondary prevention Hans-Christoph Diener Greg W. Albers 272
20 Neurorehabilitation Sylvan J. Albert J?rg Kesselring 283
Index 307
