Practical Neuroimaging in Stroke: A Case-Based Approach, 1e

✍ Scribed by Alejandro Rabinstein MD, Steven J. Resnick

• Publisher: Saunders
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 388
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Practical Neuroimaging in Stroke, by Alejandro Rabinstein, MD, and Steven J. Resnick, is a neurology reference designed for anyone involved in treating stroke patients. It offers unique, thorough guidance-driven by nearly 500 completely original high-quality images from actual stroke cases-to help you learn and understand the clinical value of diagnostic neuroimaging. Examples of different diagnostic modalities-accompanied by succinct teaching messages-highlight a preference for those most commonly used in clinical practice and most typically interpreted by clinicians caring for patients at bedside. A consistent section format from chapter to chapter enables you to easily access the material. Brilliantly illustrated and clinical relevant, Practical Neuroimaging in Stroke is the closest thing to treating real-life patients!

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Frontmatter
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage
2. Clinical-Anatomical Syndromes of Ischemic Infarction
3. Acute Stroke Imaging
4. Cardiac Embolism
5. Extracranial Large Artery Atherothrombosis
6. Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
7. Small Vessel Disease
8. Uncommon Causes of Stroke
9. Spinal Cord Infarction
10. Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
11. Secondary Intraparenchymal Hemorrhages
12. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
13. Vascular Anomalies of the Brain
14. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis