Stroke / Louis R. Caplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caplan, Louis R.

Series:

What do I do now?

What do I do now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease--Case studies.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Brain--Diseases.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A major unique feature of strokes is their acuteness with the necessity of rapid decision analysis concerning diagnosis and treatment. The last decade has seen major advances in diagnostic technology available to clinicians and development of a larger therapeutic armamentarium. These rapid changes have made it difficult for non-stroke specialists to keep up. Stroke provides a timely and user-friendly manual, covering common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients on the ward or in the clinic. The discuss

Contents:

Contents; 1 Transient Monocular Vision Loss (TMVL); 2 Cerebellar Infarct and Vertebral Artery Neck Occlusion; 3 Lateral Medullary Infarction; 4 Intracranial Arterial Stenosis; 5 Dissection of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Neck; 6 Intracranial Carotid Artery Dissection; 7 Posterior Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction Caused by Dissection of the Vertebral Artery in the Neck; 8 Pure Motor Lacunar Stroke; 9 Polar Artery Territory Thalamic Infarct; 10 Basilar Artery Occlusive Disease; 11 Embolism to the Top-of-the-Basilar Artery; 12 Binswanger Disease; 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)

14 Lobar Hemorrhage in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy15 Dural Sinus Venous Thrombosis; 16 Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome; 17 Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome; 18 Atrial Fibrillation-Related Brain Embolism; 19 Management of the Patient with Acute Brain Ischemia; 20 Patent Foramen Ovale-Paradoxical Embolism; 21 Arterial Dolichoectasia with Pontine Infarction; 22 Arteriovenous Malformations; 23 Cavernous Angiomas; 24 Post-Cardiac Surgery Encephalopathy and Stroke; 25 Bacterial Endocarditis; 26 Coexistent Severe Coronary and Carotid Artery Disease; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-932297-X

1-282-79323-3

9786612793233

0-19-978041-2

OCLC:

669494477