Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique (eBook)

This fourth edition offers a practical guide to endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disease and provides a comprehensive reference for the related neurovascular anatomy and the various disorders that affect the vascular system. Chapters cover fundamental principles underlying cerebral and spinal angiography; interventional techniques, devices, and practice guidelines; and commonly encountered cerebrovascular disorders for which interventional and endovascular methods are appropriate

Building on the previous edition, the text is presented similarly in style and scope to emphasize accessibility and ease of reading. All chapters are fully updated to include more recent data, and obsolete products and techniques are replaced with the most current technology. Some key updates include:

• A greater emphasis on the use of radial artery access for the discussed endovascular techniques.
• The associations of COVID-19 with ischemic stroke and the implications of providing care for cerebrovascular patients during a pandemic.
• An extensive update to the acute ischemic stroke chapter with new references and format to more closely follow the format of other chapters in that section.
• Expansion of the pediatric sections of disease chapters, including discussions of genetic associations with disease. 

This is an ideal guide for clinicians and trainees in neurology, neurosurgery and neuroradiology, as well as practicing clinicians in related fields caring for patients with cerebrovascular disease.

Mark Harrigan, MD is an interventional neurosurgeon.  He received his medical degree from the University of Washington, did his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Michigan and a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology at the University of Buffalo.  He is Director of Interventional Neuroradiology and also the Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship Director at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.  He is an author of more than 130 peer-reviewed publications.

John Deveikis, MD is an interventional neuroradiologist who received a medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1982.  Internship in Surgery and residency in Radiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.  He had neuroradiology fellowships at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC and the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.  After training he has had a long career performing neurointerventional procedures at various institutions including University of Michigan Medical Center, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.  Currently he practices at Bayfront Health Medical Group, Saint Petersburg, Florida.