Cerebral Blood Flow - Mechanisms of Ischemia, Diagnosis and Therapy

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History of cerebral blood flow (CBF) assessment. Neural regulation of the cerebral circulation. Role of endothelium in regulation of the brain microcirculation. Molecular genetics of cerebral aneurysm. Triggering events in ischemic brain injury. Ischemic mechanisms in traumatic brain injury. Coupling and compartmentation of CBF and metabolism. The genetic control of ischemic neuronal cell death. Cerebral resuscitation from temporary complete global brain ischemia. The ischemic penumbra. The assessment of determinants of cerebral oxygenation and microcirculation. CT angiography and perfusion imaging of acute stroke. The use of Xenon/CT CBF studies in acute stroke. Advances in imaging in ischemic stroke. Assessment of cerebrovascular pathophysiology. CBF measurement with PET. Thrombolysis for acute stroke. Neuro-protective stroke trials. Interventional neuroradiology in acute ischemic stroke: extracranial and intracranial angioplasty and stenting. Therapeutic moderat e hypothermia.

Product details

• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9783540420378
• ISBN: 978-3-540-42037-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: w. 57 figs.
• Series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine; Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine