Stroke is a unique source of practical information for frontline providers of care for stroke patients.

Stroke focuses on patient management—from stroke prevention through acute stroke management, through chronic care—and offers how-to guidance on implementing diagnostic and treatment protocols.

Each chapter includes:

• a bulleted list of key learning points
• an evidence-based rationale for why the diagnostic and treatment recommendations work
• a step-by-step approach to clinical application; practical recommendations from the authors
• a critical pathway; and a bibliography

Contents

1. Stroke Mythology
2. Stroke Localization
3. Modifiable Risk Factors Assocciated with Stroke
4. Chronic Hypertension
5. Stroke, Diabetes, and the Metabolic Syndrome
6. Tobacco and Stroke
7. Management of Cholesterol in Patients with Ischemic Stroke
8. Cancer and Stroke
9. Management of Atrial Fibrillation
10. Management of Extracranial Carotid Artery Pathology
11. Management of Extracranial Vertebral Artery Pathology
12. Management of Intracranial Atherosclerosis
13. Sleep and Vascular Disorders
14. Prothrombotic States and Stroke
15. Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
16. Cavernous Malformations and Developmental Venous Anomalies
17. Stroke in Pregnancy
18. Pediatric Stroke
19. Urgent Clinical Assessment of Acute Stroke
20. Code Stroke
21. How to Build a Stroke Team
22. Neuroimaging in the Management of Stroke Patients
23. Cardiology Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke
24. Antithrombotic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke Prevention
25. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
26. Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
27. Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
28. Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
29. Risk Stratification of Ischemic Stroke Patients

Index

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