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Fully revised, this third edition is a concise and practice-orientated guide to the fast-moving and expanding field of stroke medicine.
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Part I. Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Imaging: 1. Neuropathology and pathophysiology of stroke Konstantin-A. Hossmann and Wolf-Dieter Heiss; 2. Common causes of ischemic stroke Bo Norrving; 3.1. Neuroradiology - imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: CT, perfusion CT, CT angiography Patrik Michel; 3.2. Neuroradiology - imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: MRI and MR angiography Jochen B. Fiebach, Patrik Michel and Jens Fiehler; 3.3. Neuroradiology - multimodal imaging-guided acute stroke treatment based on CT and MR imaging Patrik Michel; 4. Imaging for prediction of functional outcome and for assessment of recovery Wolf-Dieter Heiss; 5. Ultrasound in acute ischemic stroke László Csiba: Part II. Clinical Epidemiology and Risk Factors: 6. Basic epidemiology of stroke and risk assessment Jaakko Tuomilehto; 7. Common risk factors and prevention Michael Brainin, Yvonne Teuschl and Karl Matz; 8. Cardiac diseases relevant to stroke Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer; Part III. Diagnostics and Syndromes: 9. Common stroke syndromes Céline Odier and Patrik Michel; 10. Less common stroke syndromes Wilfried Lang and Karl Matz; 11. Cerebral small vessel disease Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Michael Brainin and Alina Schwarz; 12. Intracerebral haemorrhage Corina Epple, Michael Brainin and Thorsten Steiner; 13. Subarachnoid haemorrhage Gabriel Rinkel; 14. Cerebral venous thrombosis Jobst Rudolf; 15. Behavioral neurology of stroke José M. Ferro, Isabel P. Martins and Lara Caeiro; 16. Stroke and dementia Barbara Casolla and Didier Leys; 17. Ischemic stroke in the young and in children Valeria Caso and Didier Leys; Part IV. Therapeutic Strategies and Neurorehabilitation: 18. Stroke units and clinical assessment Danilo Toni and Ángel Chamorro; 19. Acute therapies for stroke Peter Ringleb; 20. Interventional intravascular therapies for stroke Pasquale Mordasini, Jan Gralla and Gerhard Schroth; 21. Intensive care of stroke Julian Bösel; 22. Management of acute ischemic stroke and its late complications Natan M. Bornstein, Milija Mijajlovic and Vuk Aleksic; 23. Infections in stroke Achim J. Kaasch and Harald Seifert; 24. Secondary prevention Hans-Christoph Diener, Sharan K. Mann and Gregory W. Albers; 25. Neurorehabilitation practice for stroke patients Jan Mehrholz.
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Michael Brainin is Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine at Donau-Universität Krems, Austria. He is currently President of the World Stroke Organisation.Wolf-Dieter Heiss is Visiting Professor at Donau-Universität Krems, Austria, Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montreal, and Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is a former Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Cologne and former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research.
