Transient ischemic attacks / edited by Seemant Chaturvedi and Steven R. Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chaturvedi, Seemant.

Levine, Steven R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebral ischemia.

Ischemic Attack, Transient.

Medical Subjects:

Ischemic Attack, Transient.

Physical Description:

xi, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, [2004]

Summary:

This book was born from the synthesis of the rapidly proliferating field of cerebrovascular disease research, excitement about effective new imaging and therapeutic strategies, and the need to timely educate clinicians about the changing playing field for a common, serious and expensive syndrome - transient ischemic attacks (TIA). TIAs now stand on their own as an important, and, at times, unique aspect of symptomatic cerebrovascular disease, distinct enough to warrant a textbook in its own right.

Today's clinician is faced with multiple levels of decision making. This is made more complex with new information on a worrisome and serious natural history, growing knowledge of risk factors and their management, sophisticated neuroimaging techniques, and a broadening armamentarium of therapeutic approaches. Does one admit the patient with a recent TIA to the hospital? What are the optimal imaging and diagnostic strategies? What antiplatelet agent to use? What is the role for surgery and interventional techniques? How do I optimally control associated risk factors?

This book serves to provide the most current information to help guide clinicians through the best decisions to care for their patients, using evidence-based recommendations when available, and expert opinion.

Contents:

Part I Clinical Background

Chapter 1 The Epidemiology of Transient Ischemic Attacks / Matthaw L. Flaherty, MD, Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD 3

Chapter 2 Pathophysiology of Brain Ischemia / Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, Abdullah M. Nassief, MD, Chung Y. Hsu, MD, PhD 31

Chapter 3 Clinical Syndromes-Brain / Sandeep Kumar, MD, Louis R.Caplan, MD 73

Chapter 4 Clinical Syndromes-Ocular: Transient Visual Loss / Gregory P. Van Stavern, MD 93

Part II Diagnostic Studies

Chapter 5 Head CT and MRI Findings in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attacks / Chelsea S. Kidwell, MD, Jeffrey L. Saver, MD 119

Chapter 6 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) / Colin P. Derdeyn, MD, William J. Powers, MD 137

Chapter 7 Cerebrovascular Ultrasound / Janet L. Wilterdink, MD 162

Chapter 8 Cardiac Diagnostic Studies / Marco R. Di Tullio, MD, Shunichi Homma, MD 188

Chapter 9 Coagulation Studies / Karen Furie, MD, MPH, Peter J. Kelly, MB, BCh, MMedSc, J. Philip Kistler, MD 214

Part III Medical Therapy

Chapter 10 Antiplatelet Therapy / Michael J. Schneck, MD 235

Chapter 11 Role of Oral Anticoagulants / Richard K.T. Chan, MBBS, Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, Patrick Pullicino, MD, PhD 253

Chapter 12 Heparin and Related Compounds / James F. Meschia, MD 264

Chapter 13 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment / George Grunberger, MD, Fadi Al-Khayer, MD 281

Chapter 14 Hypertension Treatment / John M. Flack, MD, MPH, Neel Patel, MD, Vishal Mehra, MD, Samar Nasser, PAC 309

Chapter 15 Other Medical Therapies / Bradley S. Jacobs, MD, MS, Mar Castellanos, MD, Ramesh Madhavan, MD 330

Chapter 16 Thrombolysis for Acute Transient Ischemic Attack and Mild Stroke / Michael R. Frankel, MD, James Bichsel, MD 348

Part IV Surgical and Interventional Treatments and Cost-Effectiveness

Chapter 17 Surgery for Stroke Prevention / Larry B. Goldstein, MD 367

Chapter 18 Angioplasty and Stenting / Alex Abou-Chebl, MD, Jay S. Yadav, MD 382

Chapter 19 Cost Effectiveness Issues / Susan L. Hickenbottom, MD, MS 415

Chapter 20 Clinical Vignettes / Seemant Chaturvedi, MD 432.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405120592

OCLC:

54686475