Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Book

Sect. I	Pathophysiology of Stroke	1
Ch. 1	Epidemiology of Stroke	3
Ch. 2	Atherosclerosis	29
Ch. 3	Vascular Biology of Cerebral Arteries	41
Ch. 4	Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology	51
Ch. 5	Molecular Pathophysiology of White Matter Anoxic/Ischemic Injury	85
Ch. 6	Positron Emission Tomography	101
Ch. 7	Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging	121
Ch. 8	Pathology	139
Ch. 9	Basic Science of Fibrinolysis: Coronary and Cerebral Thrombolysis	159
Sect. II	Diagnostic Studies for Stroke	187
Ch. 10	Overview of Laboratory Studies	189
Ch. 11	Computed Tomography Scanning	195
Ch. 12	Magnetic Resonance Scanning	227
Ch. 13	Cerebral Angiography	257
Ch. 13	Conventional Angiography	257
Ch. 13	Magnetic Resonance Angiography	284
Ch. 14	Ultrasound Imaging and Doppler Sonography	297
Ch. 15	Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography	327
Sect. III	Clinical Manifestations of Stroke	339
Ch. 16	Classification of Ischemic Stroke	341
Ch. 17	Internal Carotid Artery Disease	355
Ch. 18	Anterior Cerebral Artery Disease	401
Ch. 19	Middle Cerebral Artery Disease	427
Ch. 20	Posterior Cerebral Artery Disease	481
Ch. 21	Choroidal Artery Disease	503
Ch. 22	Vertebrobasilar Occlusive Disease	513
Ch. 23	Lacunes	599
Ch. 24	Cerebral Venous Thrombosis	623
Ch. 25	Intracerebral Hemorrhage	649
Ch. 26	Intracranial Aneurysms	701
Ch. 27	Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Anomalies	725
Ch. 28	Spinal Cord Ischemia	751
Sect. IV	Specific Medical Diseases and Stroke	767
Ch. 29	Dissections and Trauma of Cervicocerebral Arteries	769
Ch. 30	Stroke in the Setting of Collagen Vascular Disease	787
Ch. 31	Moyamoya Disease	815
Ch. 32	Cerebrovascular Fibromuscular Dysplasia	833
Ch. 33	Migraine and Stroke	845
Ch. 34	Hypertensive Encephalopathy	869
Ch. 35	Multi-Infarct Dementia	875
Ch. 36	Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aortic Arch	895
Ch. 37	Binswanger's Disease	921
Ch. 38	CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy)	933
Ch. 39	Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy	945
Ch. 40	Coagulation Abnormalities in Stroke	963
Ch. 41	Stroke and Substance Abuse	979
Ch. 42	Stroke in Young Adults	1001
Ch. 43	Patent Foramen Ovale and Ischemic Stroke	1013
Sect. V	Stroke Therapy	1025
Ch. 44	Principles of Hemostasis and Antithrombotic Therapy	1027
Ch. 45	Platelet Function and Antiplatelet Agents	1041
Ch. 46	Antithombotic Therapy in Diseases of the Cerebral Vasculature	1061
Ch. 47	Pharmacologic Modification of Acute Cerebral Ischemia	1079
Ch. 48	Cardiogenic Brain Embolism: Incidence, Varieties, and Treatment	1089
Ch. 49	Medical Complications of Stroke	1121
Ch. 50	The Intensive Care of the Stroke Patient	1133
Ch. 51	Thrombolytic and Defibrinogenating Agents for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke	1155
Ch. 52	Brachiocephalic Angioplasty	1177
Ch. 53	Atherosclerotic Disease of the Carotid Arteries	1189
Ch. 53	Overview: A Medical Perspective	1189
Ch. 53	Medical Considerations	1199
Ch. 53	Surgical Considerations in Symptomatic Disease	1209
Ch. 53	Surgical Considerations in Asymptomatic Disease	1228
Ch. 54	Medical Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	1243
Ch. 55	Intracranial Aneurysms	1263
Ch. 55	Surgical Management	1263
Ch. 55	Interventional Neuroradiological Management	1298
Ch. 56	Vascular Malformations of the Brain and Dura	1309
Ch. 57	Management of Spinal Vascular Malformations	1349
Ch. 58	Intracerebral Hemorrhage	1359
Ch. 58	Medical Considerations	1359
Ch. 58	Surgical Considerations	1372
Ch. 59	Rehabilitation of the Stroke Survivor	1389
	Index	1403