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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145826603321

Titolo

Intracranial atherosclerosis [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jong S. Kim, Louis R. Caplan, K.S. Lawrence Wong ; foreword by Geoffrey A. Donnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

ISBN

1-282-00930-3

9786612009303

1-4443-0067-9

1-4443-0068-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KimJong S

CaplanLouis R

WongK. S. Lawrence

Disciplina

616.1/36

Soggetti

Cerebral arteriosclerosis

Cerebrovascular disease - Etiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intracranial Atherosclerosis; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Epidemiology and risk factors; 1 Anatomy of intracranial arteries; 2 Pathologic characteristics; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Risk factors; Stroke mechanism and clinical consequence; 5 Stroke mechanisms; 6 Anterior circulation disorders; 7 Posterior circulation disorders; 8 Cognitive dysfunction, dementia and emotional disturbances; 9 Natural course and prognosis; Diagnostic imaging studies; 10 Vascular imaging; 11 Application of magnetic resonance imaging; 12 Transcranial doppler; Treatment; 13 Antiplatelet therapy

14 Anticoagulation15 Angioplasty and stenting; 16 Surgical therapy; 17 Other miscellaneous treatments; Uncommon causes of intracranial arterial disease; 18 Immunologic and vasoconstrictive disorders; 19 Arterial dissection, CNS infection and other miscellaneous diseases; 20 Moyamoya disease; Index; Colour plates

Sommario/riassunto

Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world's population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly



heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances in imaging technology allow this previously inaccessible pathology to be clinically studied.   Edited by internationally renowned clinicians, Intracranial Atherosclerosis is the first book to examine intracranial causes of stroke. Clinical practice is allied with basic science to guide all those with an interest in stroke on the diagnosis and management of intracranial atherosclerosis