BookGary K.K. Lau, Sarah T. Pendlebury, Peter M. Rothwell.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, and Causes of Transient Ischemic Attacks and Stroke
1. Epidemiology
2. Risk Factors
3. Genetics
4. Anatomy and Physiology
5. Pathophysiology of Acute Cerebral Ischemia
6. Causes of Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic Stroke
7. Causes of Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage
Section 2 Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Investigation
8. Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of a Transient Ischemic Attack
9. The Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Stroke
10. Brain Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke
11. Brain Imaging in Major Acute Stroke
12. Vascular Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
13. Non-Radiological Investigations for Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Section 3 Prognosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
14. Methods of Determining Prognosis Note continued: 15. Short-Term Prognosis after Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke
16. Short-Term Prognosis after Major Stroke
17. Long-Term Prognosis after Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Section 4 Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
18. Methods of Assessing Treatments
19. Acute Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke
20. Acute Treatment of Major Stroke: General Principles
21. Specific Treatments for Major Acute Ischemic Stroke
22. Specific Treatment of Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
23. Recovery and Rehabilitation after Stroke
Section 5 Secondary Prevention
24. Medical Therapies
25. Carotid Endarterectomy
26. Carotid Stenting and Other Interventions
27. Selection of Patients for Carotid Intervention
28. Intervention for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
Section 6 Miscellaneous Disorders
29. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
30. Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Note continued: 31. Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Epidemiology, Definitions, Stroke-Associated Dementia, and Delirium
32. Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Investigation and Treatment.