Textbook of Stroke Medicine

Michael Brainin MD PhD is Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria. Wolf-Dieter Heiss MD PhD is Professor of Neurology, Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Preface; 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: a. Imaging of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: CT, perfusion CT, CT angiography Patrik Michel; b. Imaging of acute ischemic hemorrhagic stroke: MRI and MR-angiography Jochen B. Fiebach, Patrik Michel and Jens Fiehler; c. Multimodal imaging guided acute stroke treatment based on CT and MRI 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 Jaako 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; 11. Intracerebral hemorrhage Corina Epple, Michael Brainin and Thorsten Steiner; 12. Subarachnoid hemorrhage Philip Lichti and Thorsten Steiner; 13. Cerebral venous thrombosis Jobst Rudolf; 14. Behavioral neurology of stroke José M. Ferro, Isabel P. Martins and Lara Caeiro; 15. Stroke and dementia Barbara Casolla and Didier Leys; 16. Ischemic stroke in the young and in children Valeria Caso and Didier Leys; Part IV. Therapeutic Strategies and Neurorehabilitation: 17. Stroke units and clinical assessment Danilo Toni and Ángel Chamorro; 18. Acute therapies for stroke Richard E. O'Brien and Kennedy R. Lees; 19. Interventional intravascular therapies for stroke Pasquale Mordasini, Jan Gralla and Gerhard Schroth; 20. Management of acute ischemic stroke and its late complications Natan M. Bornstein and Eitan Auriel; 21. Infections in stroke Achim Kaasch and Harald Seifert; 22. Secondary prevention Hans-Christoph Diener, Sharan K. Mann and Gregory W. Albers; 23. Neurorehabilitation practice for stroke patients Sylvan J. Albert and Jürg Kesselring; Index.