ISCHEMIC STROKE THERAPEUTICS. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

- A comprehensive resource for up-to-date evidenced-based stroke treatments and strategies
- Practical for primary care physicians and general and vascular neurologists
- Authored by world-renowned experts

This complete resource captures state-of-the-art strategies and the accelerated pace of discovery that is revolutionizing what is known about ischemic stroke and its treatment. Therapeutics for acute management, secondary prevention, recovery, rehabilitation, asymptomatic cerebral ischemia, and implementation of stroke systems of care are all discussed in this comprehensive yet practical guide. Chapters are authored by leading academicians with extensive clinical practice experience from all over the world and feature the scientific evidence behind prevailing therapeutic strategies for managing ischemic cerebrovascular disease. The specialist or general practitioner will gain critical knowledge in stroke management, current clinical challenges and promising new therapies under investigation.

Authors
- Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS. Admiral Pihl Professor and Chairman of Neurology. Medical University of South. Carolina. Charleston, SC
- Tanya N. Turan, MD, MSCR. Associate Professor of Neurology. Stroke Neurology Division Director. Medical. University of South Carolina. Department of Neurology. MUSC Stroke Program. Charleston, SC

Table of contents (30 chapters)
1.General Concepts: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
2.Prehospital Stroke Treatment (EMS Stabilization Protocols)
3.Intravenous Thrombolysis and Anti-thrombotics
4.Intra-arterial Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
5.Hemicraniectomy
6.Supportive Care and Management of Inhospital Complications
7.Post-discharge Complications of Stroke
8.General Concepts: Stroke Mechanisms, Subtyping, and Workup
9.Traditional Stroke Risk Factor Treatment
10.Heterogeneous Causes of Stroke: Antithrombotics
11.Heterogeneous Causes of Stroke: Select Emerging Risk Factors
12.Secondary Prevention After Cardioembolic Stroke
13.Secondary Prevention After Ischemic Lacunar Stroke
14.Secondary Prevention After Symptomatic Large Artery Extracranial Disease
15.Secondary Prevention After Symptomatic Large Artery Intracranial Disease
16.Secondary Prevention After Non-atherosclerotic Cerebral Vasculopathies
17.Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Strokes due to Hypercoagulable States
18.General Concepts: Therapies for Rehabilitation and Recovery
19.Botulinum Toxin for Post-stroke Limb Spasticity
20.Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
21.Constraint-Induced Therapies
22.Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation
23.Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
24.General Concepts: Management of Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease
25.Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis
26.Subclinical Vascular Brain Injury
27.General Concepts: Stroke Systems of Care
28.Stroke Centers and Related Aspects of Stroke Systems
29.Role of Registries and Community Models in Developed Countries
30.Telemedicine in Stroke Systems of Care