Ischemic stroke : diagnosis and treatment
Sheryl Martin-Schild (Editor), Hen Hallevi (Editor), Andrew Barreto (Editor)
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and is a leading cause of adult disability and discharge from hospitals to chronic care facilities. Despite the frequency and morbidity of stroke, there is a relative paucity of "stroke experts," such as vascular neurologists and neurocritical care physicians, to care for these patients. Clinical research in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke has grown exponentially over the past two decades resulting in a great deal of new clinical information for attending physicians to absorb. Grounded in cutting-edge and evidence-based strategies, Ischemic Stroke closes the gap in stroke care by providing a cogent and intuitive guide for all physicians caring for stroke patients. Key topics explored cover all elements of stroke care, including examinations of: emergent evaluation of the suspected stroke patient, clinical signs and symptoms of stroke, mechanisms of ischemic stroke, neuroimaging, cardiac-based evaluation, thrombolytic therapy, endovascular therapy, critical care management, rehabilitation, cardiac arrhythmias, and structural heart disease
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Emergent Evaluation of the Suspected Stroke Patient 2 Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Stroke 3 Mechanisms of Ischemic Stroke 4 Neuroimaging of Acute Stroke 5 Cardiac-Based Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke 6 Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke 7 Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke 8 Critical Care Management of Ischemic Stroke 9 Stroke Rehabilitation 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Stroke 11 Secondary Prevention of Cardiogenic Stroke 12 Treatment of Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis 13 Intracranial Large Vessel Disease 14 Small Vessel Disease 15 Cryptogenic Stroke Index