Stroke (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 Transient Monocular Vision Loss (TMVL); 2 Cerebellar Infarct and Vertebral Artery Neck Occlusion; 3 Lateral Medullary Infarction; 4 Intracranial Arterial Stenosis; 5 Dissection of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Neck; 6 Intracranial Carotid Artery Dissection; 7 Posterior Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction Caused by Dissection of the Vertebral Artery in the Neck; 8 Pure Motor Lacunar Stroke; 9 Polar Artery Territory Thalamic Infarct; 10 Basilar Artery Occlusive Disease; 11 Embolism to the Top-of-the-Basilar Artery; 12 Binswanger Disease; 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
A major unique feature of strokes is their acuteness with the necessity of rapid decision analysis concerning diagnosis and treatment. The last decade has seen major advances in diagnostic technology available to clinicians and development of a larger therapeutic armamentarium. These rapid changes have made it difficult for non-stroke specialists to keep up. Stroke provides a timely and user-friendly manual, covering common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients on the ward or in the clinic. The discuss