The prevention of stroke / edited by Philip B. Gorelick and Milton Alter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gorelick, Philip B.

Alter, Milton, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease--Prevention.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Cerebrovascular disease--Risk factors.

Cerebrovascular Disorders--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Cerebrovascular Disorders--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xiv, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton [Fla.] : Parthenon Pub. Group, [2002]

Contents:

Section I Who is at risk of stroke?

Chapter 1 Stroke incidence, mortality, and prevalence / George Howard, PhD, Virginia J. Howard, PhD 1

Chapter 2 'Nonmodifiable' risk factors for stroke: age, race, sex, and geography / Virginia J. Howard, PhD, George Howard, PhD 11

Chapter 3 Modifiable risk factors for stroke: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lipids, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and alcohol / Bernadette Boden-Albala, MD, Ralph L. Sacco, MD 21

Chapter 4 Cardiac disease and risk of ischemic stroke / Richard F. Gillum, MD 39

Chapter 5 Inflammation, infection and homocysteine in atherosclerosis / Thomas J. DeGraba, MD 49

Chapter 6 Stroke in sickle cell disease / Sung B. Lee, MD, Robert J. Adams, MS, MD 65

Chapter 7 Oral contraception and postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy / Gretchen E. Tietjen, MD, Robin L. Brey, MD 83

Chapter 8 Genetics and stroke / John W. Cole, MD, Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH 93

Chapter 9 Markers of subclinical vascular disease and stroke / Monika Hollander, MD, Monique M.B. Breteler, MD, PhD 105

Section II Approaches to stroke prevention

Chapter 10 Community mass and high risk strategies / Philip B. Gorelick, MD, MPH, FACP 115

Chapter 11 Stroke prevention in managed care: a five-dimensional health improvement model / Meredith L. Tipton, PhD, MPH, Michael Fleming, MA, MS 123

Chapter 12 National, state and local opportunities for stroke prevention / Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, Miriam M. Fay, MPH 131

Chapter 13 Quality improvement in stroke prevention / Robert G. Holloway, MD, MPH, Steven R. Rush, MA 141

Chapter 14 Gaps in professional and community knowledge about stroke prevention and treatment / Larry B. Goldstein, MD 149

Chapter 15 Stroke and public policy: the role of stroke advocacy groups / Patti Shwayder, MPA 155

Section III Control of risk factors and recurrent stroke and other prevention strategies

I. Hypertension treatment / William J. Elliott, MD, PhD, Jay Garg, MD, Munavvar Izhar, MD 163

II. Smoking cessation / Philip B. Gorelick, MD, MPH, FACP 169

Chapter 17 Hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus / Ambika Babu, MD, Chakravarthy Kannan, MD, Theodore Mazzone, MD 173

Chapter 18 Ethanol consumption and physical inactivity / William J. Elliott, MD, PhD 183

I. Antiplatelet therapies for prevention of first and recurrent stroke / Stanley N. Cohen, MD 193

II. Anticoagulation for stroke prevention / Michael J. Schneck, MD 208

Chapter 20 Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis / James D. Fleck, MD, Jose Biller, MD 223

Chapter 21 Endovascular approaches to stroke prevention: thrombolysis, angioplasty/stenting, aneurysm coiling, and treatment of intracerebral vasospasm / Glen Geremia, MD, Bradley Strimling, MD, Nilay Patel, MD 233

Chapter 22 Pros and cons of screening for and ablating asymptomatic intracranial aneurysms / Sean Ruland, DO, Dan Heffez, MD, FRCS 249

Chapter 23 Closing remarks: on stroke prevention guidelines, organization of care and future perspectives / Edward H. Wong, MBChB, FRACP, Vladimir Hachinski, MD, FRCPC, DSc 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1842141155

OCLC:

48958196