Strokes : an illustrated guide to brain structure, blood supply, and clinical signs / James P. Bowman, Frank D. Giddings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowman, James P. (James Philip), 1940-

Contributor:

Giddings, Frank D., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease.

Stroke--diagnosis.

Stroke--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Stroke--diagnosis.

Stroke--therapy.

Physical Description:

vii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Illustrated guide to brain structure, blood supply, and clinical signs

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2003]

Summary:

This succinct and extensively illustrated book presents a visually compelling account of the blood supply of the brain, the brain areas affected by different types of strokes, and the resulting clinical signs observed in the patient. The chapter topics include an introduction to strokes and patients, observations from a stroke victim, general information about strokes, atherothrombotic infarction, imbolic infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, ruptured intracranial aneurysms, and arterovenous malformations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 112) and index.

ISBN:

0130488496

OCLC:

49422402