Monday, February 16, 2009

Intracranial Atherosclerosis

Intracranial Atherosclerosis


Intracranial Atherosclerosis

Author by :
Jong S. Kim
Louis R. Caplan
K. S. Lawrence Wong

Product Details
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (November 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405178221
ISBN-13: 978-1405178228


Product Description
Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world’s population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances in imaging techinology allow this previously inaccessible pathology to be clinically studied.

From the Back Cover
FACT: Intracranial atherosclerosis is the major cause of stroke worldwide

Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world’s population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances in imaging technology allow this previously inaccessible pathology to be clinically studied.
This inconvenient fact can no longer be ignored in stroke medicine
Edited by internationally renowned clinicians, Intracranial Atherosclerosis is the first book to examine intracranial causes of stroke. Clinical practice is allied with basic science to guide all those with an interest in stroke on the diagnosis and management of intracranial atherosclerosis.
Know the facts: read this book!

Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Foreward
Epidemiology and risk factors
1 Anatomy of intracranial arteries
2 Pathologic characteristics
3 Epidemiology
4 Risk factors
Stroke mechanism and clinical consequence
5 Stroke mechanisms
6 Anterior circulation disorders
7 Posterior circulation disorders
8 Cognitive dysfunction, dementia and emotional disturbances
9 Natural course and prognosis
Diagnostic imaging studies
10 Vascular imaging
11 Application of magnetic resonance imaging
12 Transcranial doppler
Treatment
13 Antiplatelet therapy
14 Anticoagulation,
15 Angioplasty and stenting
16 Surgical therapy
17 Other miscellaneous treatments
Uncommon causes of intracranial arterial disease
18 Immunologic and vasoconstrictive disorders
19 Arterial dissection, CNS infection and other miscellaneous diseases
20 Moyamoya disease
Index

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