Textbook of Stroke Medicine

Michael Brainin is Professor in Clinical Neurology, Director of the Department of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Chair of the Center of Clinical Neurosciences, Danube University, and Head of the Department of Neurology at the Academic Teaching Hospital Landesklinikum Tulln, Austria. Wolf-Dieter Heiss is Professor Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Germany.

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. Neuroradiology; 3a. Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: CT, perfusion-CT, CT-angiography Patrik Michel; 3b. Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: MRI and MR-angiography Jens Fiehler; 3c. Functional imaging in acute stroke, recovery, and rehabilitation Wolf-Dieter Heiss; 4. Ultrasound in acute ischemic stroke László Csiba; Part II. Clinical Epidemiology and Risk-Factors: 5. Basic epidemiology of stroke and risk assessment Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Mähönen and Cinzia Sarti; 6. Common risk-factors and prevention Michael Brainin, Yvonne Teuschl and Karl Matz; 7. Cardiac disease relevant to stroke Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer; Part III. Diagnostics and Syndromes: 8. Common stroke syndromes Céline Odier and Patrik Michel; 9. Less common stroke syndromes Wilfried Lang; 10. Intracerebral hemorrhage Michael Brainin and Raoul Eckhardt; 11. Cerebral venous thrombosis Jobst Rudolf; 12. Behavioral neurology of stroke José M. Ferro, Isabel P. Martins and Lara Caeiro; 13. Stroke and dementia Didier R. Leys and Marta Altieri; 14. Ischemic stroke in the young and in children Didier R. Leys and Valeria Caso; Part IV. Therapeutic Strategies and Neurorehabilitation: 15. Stroke units and clinical assessment Risto O. Roine and Markku Kaste; 16. Acute therapies and interventions Richard O'Brien, Thorsten Steiner and Kennedy R. Lees; 17. Management of acute ischemic stroke and its complications Natan M. Bornstein and Eitan Auriel; 18. Infections in stroke Achim Kaasch and Harald Seifert; 19. Secondary prevention Hans-Christoph Diener and Greg W. Albers; 20. Neurorehabilitation Sylvan J. Albert and Jürg Kesselring; Index.