This is a book written by clinicians for clinicians. The reader will not find detailed expositions on the technical aspects of neuroimaging modalities. There are several monographs authored by prominent neuroradiologists that are excellent resources for radiologists training in neurovascular imaging and great consultation material for trained radiology specialists. We hope neuroradiologists find our work enticing and the images appealing, but the book is addressed to clinicians interested in learning about how neuroimaging modalities can help them in their everyday management of stroke patients.
We wanted the chapters to follow a straightforward pattern. They all start with a brief introduction to the general concepts of each topic. Then, concise case vignettes are presented including only the information most relevant to the educational messages of the images. The images themselves constitute the core of the chapters. They illustrate how they helped define diagnosis, guide management decisions, estimate prognosis, or sometimes serve as a means of therapeutic interventions. The diagnostic modalities shown throughout the book are the ones we use in practice nowadays. The illustrations are followed by brief and eminently practical teaching messages, most often in the form of bullet points to maintain focus and emphasize conciseness. Extensive discussions were purposefully avoided to enhance the clarity of the text and preserve the power of the image-driven messages. Comprehensive and updated reference lists should serve as good resources for further quality reading on each subject.
All images presented in this book are from patients we have treated. For us, these images are not just illustrative scans. They have real faces behind them. They bring back to our minds our successes and our failures. They remind us what our patients taught us. The discussion of the interpretation of the images reproduces the actual discussions we had at the bedside. The teaching messages we include in these chapters are the same ones we tried to convey to the trainees who shared with us the responsibility of caring for those patients.
Composing this book was much harder than we expected. Finding the cases to provide graphic illustrations for all the major teaching messages we wanted to incorporate in the various chapters proved to be quite challenging. We kept working at it because we truly felt that the final product would fill an important gap on the otherwise crowded shelves of books concerning cerebrovascular diseases and be useful to the readers attending stroke patients. The work is finally done. We can only hope we fulfilled our goals.
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Key Features
- Features the work of today's leaders from the field of neurology to ensure that the material is current, accurate, and clinically relevant.
- Examines real-life stroke cases--driven by nearly 500 completely original images--that enable you to apply your knowledge to real-life situations and experience the next best thing to actually being in the field.
- Presents examples of different diagnostic modalities--accompanied by succinct teaching messages--that highlight a preference for those most commonly used in clinical practice and most typically interpreted by clinicians caring for patients at bedside.
- Discusses indications and potential pitfalls of the various imaging modalities, when pertinent, to make you aware of possible considerations.
- Uses a unique didactic approach that serves the knowledge needs of a wide range of experience levels.
- Follows a consistent section format from chapter to chapter that covers general concepts, case vignettes, case images, teaching messages, and selected readings, to help you quickly and easily locate the guidance you need.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
Contents
Chapter 1 - Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Damage
- Additional Examples Of Global Brain Edema
- Cortical Laminar Necrosis
- Basal Ganglia Involvement
- Watershed Infarctions
- Vulnerable Cortical Areas: Perirolandic and Occipital Cortex
- False Radiological Signs: Pseudo-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and False Middle Cerebral Artery Sign
- Early and Delayed White Matter Changes: Anoxic Leukoencephalopathy
- References
Chapter 2 - Clinical-anatomical Syndromes Of Ischemic Infarction
- Carotid Bifurcation Occlusion
- Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
- Anterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion
- Anterior Choroidal Artery Occlusion
- Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion
- Vertebrobasilar Disease
- Cerebellar Infarctions
- Brainstem Infarctions
Chapter 3 - Acute Stroke Imaging
- Computed Tomography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- Imaging In Stroke Emergencies
Chapter 4 - Cardiac Embolism
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Myocardial Infarction
- Infective Endocarditis
- Prosthetic Valves
- Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
- Mitral Stenosis And Annular Calcification
- Atrial Myxoma
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Proximal Aortic Atherosclerotic Plaque
Chapter 5 - Extracranial Large Artery Atherothrombosis
- Ultrasonography
- Mr And Ct Angiography
- Catheter Cerebral Angiography
- Clinical Features Of Carotid Atherothrombosis
- Mechanisms Of Infarction
- Treatment
Chapter 6 - Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
- Epidemiology And Natural History
- Mechanisms Of Cerebral Ischemia
- Diagnosis Of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
- Medical Therapy
- Interventional Approaches
Chapter 7 - Small Vessel Disease
- Small Subcortical Infarctions
- Lacunar Syndromes
- Striatocapsular Infarctions
- Capsular Warning Syndrome
- Multiple Lacunar Infarctions
- Silent Infarctions, White Matter Disease, And Dementia
- Microhemorrhages
Chapter 8 - Uncommon Causes Of Stroke
- Cervicocranial Arterial Dissections
- Aortic Dissections
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Dolichoectasia
- Moyamoya
- Cadasil
- Melas
- Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction
- Hypercoagulability
- Vasculitis
- Hiv Vasculopathy
- Radiation-induced Vasculopathy
- Strokes From Substance Abuse
- Sickle Cell Disease
Chapter 9 - Spinal Cord Infarction
- Vascular Anatomy Of The Spinal Cord
- Management And Prognosis
Chapter 10 - Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
- Striatocapsular Hemorrhages
- Lobar Hemorrhages
- Thalamic Hemorrhages
- Pontine Hemorrhages
- Cerebellar Hemorrhages
- Intraventricular Hemorrhages
- Microhemorrhages
Chapter 11 - Secondary Intraparenchymal Hemorrhages
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Hemorrhagic Transformation
- Hemorrhagic Complications Of Thrombolysis
- Anticoagulation-related Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Coagulopathy
- Substance Abuse
- Infective Endocarditis
- Vasculitis
- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Cavernous Malformation
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Tumor
- Trauma
Chapter 12 - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Causes Of Early Deterioration: Rebleeding And Hydrocephalus
- Global Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Vasospasm: Endovascular Treatment
- Patterns Of Ischemia
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage With Negative Angiogram
- Conditions Mimicking Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 13 - Vascular Anomalies Of The Brain
- Introduction To Angiographic Modalities
- Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRI
- Aneurysms
- Treatment
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
Chapter 14 - Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Anatomy Of The Venous System
- Imaging Characteristics Of Cvt
- Sinus Occlusion Syndromes
- Management And Prognosis
About the Authors
- Alejandro A. Rabinstein, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
- Steven J. Resnick, D.O., Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida; Voluntary Assistant Professor, Neurology Department, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 1 Har/Psc edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0750675373
- ISBN-13: 978-0750675376
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $199.00