A primer on stroke prevention treatment : an overview based on AHA/ASA guidelines / edited by Larry B. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldstein, Larry B.

American Heart Association.

American Stroke Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease.

Stroke--prevention & control.

Stroke--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Stroke--prevention & control.

Stroke--therapy.

Physical Description:

xi, 263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Primer on stroke prevention and treatment

Place of Publication:

Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is dedicated to translating the best available science to improve the health and outcomes of both patients and the general public. This new book paves the path from guidelines to practice.

The book is divided into two sections, first addressing general issues, such as epidemiology, stroke systems, primordial and primary prevention, and post-stroke rehabilitation and recovery. The second half of the book concentrates on special topics, including:

Stroke in women

Stroke in black patients

Stroke in children

Genetics of stroke

Approaches for carotid and intracranial disease

Vascular cognitive impairment

To help clinicians incorporate the guidelines in daily practice:

Each chapter's major points are highlighted in a table for quick reference

Each chapter begins with a patient example that is referred to in the subsequent discussion

Illustrative cases appear as needed

AHA/ASA guidelines are referenced whenever applicable, but the authors also review clinical issues not covered by the guidelines

Thorough references help both generalists and stroke specialists find necessary information

Contents:

Stroke epidemiology / George Howard and Virginia J. Howard

Stroke systems / Soojin Park and Lee H. Schwamm

Primordial and primary prevention of stroke / Nikolaos I.H. Papamitsakis and Robert J. Adams

Treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke / Harold P. Adams, Jr.

Intracerebral hemorrhage / Opeolu Adeoye and Joseph P. Broderick

Subarachnoid hemorrhage / Jonathan L. Brisman and Marc R. Mayberg

Prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke / Jose G. Romano and Ralph I. Sacco

Post-stroke rehabilitation and recovery / Pamela Woods, Danielle Blankenship, and Nicol Korner-Bitensky

Stroke in women / Cheryl D. Bushnell

Stroke in black patients / Fernando D. Testai and Philip B. Gorelick

Stroke in children / Gabrielle A. deVeber

Coagulopathy and stroke / Mark Chan ... [et al.]

Genetics of stroke / Natalia Rost and Jonathan Rosand

Surgical and interventional treatment for carotid disease / Kumar Rajamani and Seemant Chaturverdi

Intracranial atherosclerosis / Farhan Siddiq, Burhan Z. Chaudhry, and Adnan I. Qureshi

Patient foramen ovale / Marco R. Di Tullio and Shunichi Homma

Vascular cognitive impairment / José G. Merino and Vladimir Hachinski

Stroke outcome assessments / Linda Williams.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781405186513

1405186518

OCLC:

276668860

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