Stroke

Charles Warlow University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Jan Van Gijn Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Martin Dennis University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Joanna Wardlaw University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK John Bamford St James' University Hospital, Leeds, W Yorks, UK Graeme Hankey Royal Perth Hospital, Stroke Unit, Perth WA, Australia Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Gabriel Rinkel Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, afd. Neurologie, Heidelberglaan , Utrecht Peter Langhorne Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK Cathie Sudlow University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Peter Rothwell Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1 Introduction. 2 Development of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease. 3 Is it a vascular event and where is the lesion?. 4 Which arterial territory is involved?. 5 What pathological type of stroke is it, cerebral ischaemic or haemorrhage?. 6 What caused this transient or persisting ischaemic event?. 7 Unusual causes of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack. 8 What caused this intracerebral haemorrhage?. 9 What caused this subarachnoid haemorrhage?. 10 A practical approach to the management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack patients. 11 What are this person's problems? A problem-based approach to the general management of stroke. 12 Specific treatments for acute ischaemic stroke. 13 Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage. 14 Specific treatment of aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage. 15 Specific interventions to prevent intracranial haemorrhage. 16 Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events. 17 The organization of stroke services. 18 Reducing the impact of stroke and improving the public health. Index