Stroke Medicine serves as a readable, informative text which describes this clinical approach to stroke, including succinct descriptions of the underlying pathophysiology of stroke and clearly expressed advice regarding clinical diagnosis and management.

Features:

• Succinct descriptions of the underlying pathophysiology of stroke
• Clearly expressed advice regarding clinical diagnosis and management
• Chapters on neuroprotection, acute medical therapy, prevention and rehabilitation

Contents

Clinical Approach

• Classification
• Clinical evaluation
• Imaging
• Clinical anatomy
• Epidemiology
• Vascular dementia

Causes

• Common causes of ischaemic stroke
• Intracerebral haemorrhage
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Dissection
• Rare causes
• Cerebral venous thrombosis

Treatment

• Neuroprotection
• Acute medical therapy
• Prevention
• Rehabilitation

Index

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