Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke: Diagnosis, Investigation and Treatment

Description:

Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke, 2nd edition covers the clinical background and management of the full spectrum of cerebrovascular disease, from TIA to vascular dementia, in a compact but evidence-based way making it a comprehensive primer in stroke medicine, including recent developments in prevention, acute treatment, and rehabilitation.

Table Of contents:

Section 1 Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, and Causes of Transient Ischemic Attacks and

Chapter 1 Epidemiology

Chapter 2 Risk Factors

Chapter 3 Genetics

Chapter 4 Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 5 Pathophysiology of Acute Cerebral Ischemia

Chapter 6 Causes of Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic Stroke

Chapter 7 Causes of Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage

Section 2 Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Investigation

Chapter 8 Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of a Transient Ischemic Attack

Chapter 9 The Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Stroke

Chapter 10 Brain Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke

Chapter 11 Brain Imaging in Major Acute Stroke

Chapter 12 Vascular Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Chapter 13 Non-Radiological Investigations for Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Section 3 Prognosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Chapter 14 Methods of Determining Prognosis

Chapter 15 Short-Term Prognosis after Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke

Chapter 16 Short-Term Prognosis after Major Stroke

Chapter 17 Long-Term Prognosis after Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Section 4 Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Chapter 18 Methods of Assessing Treatments

Chapter 19 Acute Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke

Chapter 20 Acute Treatment of Major Stroke: General Principles

Chapter 21 Specific Treatments for Major Acute Ischemic Stroke

Chapter 22 Specific Treatment of Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Chapter 23 Recovery and Rehabilitation after Stroke

Section 5 Secondary Prevention

Chapter 24 Medical Therapies

Chapter 25 Carotid Endarterectomy

Chapter 26 Carotid Stenting and Other Interventions

Chapter 27 Selection of Patients for Carotid Intervention

Chapter 28 Intervention for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

Section 6 Miscellaneous Disorders

Chapter 29 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Chapter 30 Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Chapter 31 Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Epidemiology, Definitions, Stroke-Associated Dementia, and

Chapter 32 Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Investigation and Treatment

Index