Ischemic stroke / / editors, H. J. M. Barnett, Julien Bogousslavsky, Heather Meldrum

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456654303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , 2003; ©2003
• ISBN: 1-4698-7730-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (491 p.)
• Collana: Advances in Neurology ; ; Volume 92
• Altri autori (Persone): BarnettH. J. M (Henry J. M.); BogousslavskyJulien; MeldrumHeather
• Disciplina: 616.8/1
• Soggetti: Cerebrovascular disease; Electronic books.
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Advances in Neurology""; ""Contents""; ""Contributing Authors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""The Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke""; ""1 Advances in Ischemic Stroke Epidemiology""; ""2 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiologic Methods for Stroke""; ""3 Genetic Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke""; ""The Arterial Lesions of Stroke""; ""4 The Role of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis""; ""5 Magnetic Resonance Angiography""; ""6 Invasive Angiography for Arterial Lesions of Stroke""; ""7 Intracranial Atherosclerosis""; ""8 Collateral Circulation Imaging for Arterial Lesions of Stroke""; ""9 Update on Imaging Aortic Atherosclerosis""""10 Advances in Cerebrovascular Ultrasound""; ""The Clinico-Pathological Aspects of Specific Arterial Lesions""; ""11 Amyloidosis of Cerebral Arteries""; ""12 Moyamoya Disease""; ""13 Cervical Arterial Dissection""; ""14 Fibromuscular Dysplasia""; ""15 Vertebrobasilar Disease""; ""16 Small-Vessel Disease with Lacunes""; ""17 CADASIL: Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy""; ""The Biochemistry of Ischemic Stroke""; ""18 Biochemistry of Ischemic Stroke""; ""Risk Factors in Stroke""; ""19 Fifty Years at Framingham: Contributions to Stroke Epidemiology""""20 Nutritional and Metabolic Aspects of Stroke Prevention""; ""21 Risk Factor Management to Prevent Stroke""; ""Heart and Brain""; ""22 An Overview of Nonseptic Cardioembolic Stroke""; ""23 Specifics of Patent Foramen Ovale""; ""24 Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: An Important Cause of Stroke""; ""Brain and Heart""; ""25 Cardiac Rhythm Disorders and Muscle Changes with Cerebral Lesions""; ""26 Sudden Death""; ""Cerebral Venous and Sinus Disease""; ""27 Cerebral Venous and Sinus Thrombosis: Incidence and Causes""; ""28 The Treatment of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis""""Methodological Issues in Clinical Stroke Trials""; ""29 Reflections on the Conduct of Multicenter Stroke Prevention Studies""; ""Medical Prevention of Stroke""; ""30 Antithrombotic Therapies for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation""; ""31 Anticoagulants for Acute Ischemic Stroke""; ""32 Anticoagulants for Prevention of Ischemic Stroke: Current Concepts""; ""33 Antithrombotic Therapy for Atherosclerotic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis""; ""34 Antithrombotic Therapy in Small Subcortical Strokes (Lacunar Infarcts)""; ""35 North American Perspective of Antiplatelet Agents""""36 Antiplatelet Agents""; ""37 Commentary on Antiplatelet Agents""; ""Surgical Prevention of Stroke""; ""38 Treatment of Symptomatic Arteriosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease""; ""39 Treatment of Asymptomatic Arteriosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease""; ""40 Extracranial to Intracranial Bypass""; ""41 Angioplasty and Stenting""; ""Treatment of Ischemic Stroke""; ""42 Choice and Timing of Specific Stroke Treatment""; ""43 Intensive Care Management of Specific Stroke Treatment""; ""44 Hemicraniectomy for Treatment of Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction""