A Primer on Stroke Prevention and Treatment – An overview based on AHA/ASA guideliness

The Editor Dr. Goldstein is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Duke University and the Durham VA Medical Center, Director of the Duke Center for Cerebrovascular Disease and the Duke Stroke Center, and a Senior Fellow in Duke's Center for Clinical Health Policy Research. He has published over 400 journal articles, reviews, editorials, book chapters, abstracts, and other professional papers including two books. He has served on numerous AHA/ASA committees and guideline writing groups including as Chair of the American Stroke Association Advisory Committee and the AHA Stroke Council Leadership Committee.

Contributors vii Preface xi Classifi cation of Recommendations and Level of Evidence Table xiii Part I Overview Topics 1 1 Stroke Epidemiology 3 George Howard and Virginia J. Howard 2 Stroke Systems 11 Soojin Park and Lee H. Schwamm 3 Primordial and Primary Prevention of Stroke 23 Nikolaos I.H. Papamitsakis and Robert J. Adams 4 Treatment of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke 35 Harold P. Adams, Jr. 5 Intracerebral Hemorrhage 53 Opeolu Adeoye and Joseph P. Broderick 6 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 65 Jonathan L. Brisman and Marc R. Mayberg 7 Prevention of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke 85 Jose G. Romano and Ralph L. Sacco 8 Post-Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery 100 Pamela Woods Duncan, Danielle Blankenship, and Nicol Korner-Bitensky Part II Special Topics 113 9 Stroke in Women 115 Cheryl D. Bushnell 10 Stroke in Black Patients 129 Fernando D. Testai and Philip B. Gorelick 11 Stroke in Children 142 Gabrielle A. deVeber 12 Coagulopathy and Stroke 152 Mark Chan, Richard C. Becker, Svati H. Shah, and Steven R. Levine 13 Genetics of Stroke 170 Natalia Rost and Jonathan Rosand 14 Surgical and Interventional Treatment for Carotid Disease 186 Kumar Rajamani and Seemant Chaturverdi 15 Intracranial Atherosclerosis 195 Farhan Siddiq, Burhan Z. Chaudhry, and Adnan I. Qureshi 16 Patent Foramen Ovale 206 Marco R. Di Tullio and Shunichi Homma 17 Vascular Cognitive Impairment 219 Jose G. Merino and Vladimir Hachinski 18 Stroke Outcome Assessments 233 Linda Williams Other Statements Published in 2008 245 Index 247 COI Table 261 A companion website: www.wiley.com/go/strokeguidelines, will keep you informed of new and updated guidelines.