Bamford, John M.; Warlow, Charles; van Gijn, Jan; Langhorne, Peter; Rinkel, Gabriel; Rothwell, Peter; Sandercock, Peter A. G.; Sudlow, Cathie; Warlow, Charles P.; Dennis, Martin S.; Hankey, Graeme J.; Wardlaw, Joanna M.

Stroke : Practical Management

Contributors vi Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations viii Introduction 1(6) Development of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease 7(28) Is it a vascular event and where is the lesion? 35(96) Which arterial territory is involved? 131(50) What pathological type of stroke is it, cerebral ischaemic or haemorrhage? 181(78) What caused this transient or persisting ischaemic event? 259(94) Unusual causes of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 353(58) What caused this intracerebral haemorrhage? 411(46) What caused this subarachnoid haemorrhage? 457(46) A practical approach to the management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack patients 503(34) What are this person's problems? A problem-based approach to the general management of stroke 537(98) Specific treatments for acute ischaemic stroke 635(68) Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage 703(16) Specific treatment of aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage 719(48) Specific interventions to prevent intracranial haemorrhage 767(22) Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events 789(114) The organization of stroke services 903(50) Reducing the impact of stroke and improving the public health 953(27) Index 980