Description
This updated, revised and expanded fifth edition of the market-leading clinical guide
on stroke covers causes, prevention, clinical features, evaluation and management in a
comprehensive yet accessible manner. While it retains the uniform organization, accessible
style and patient-oriented focus of previous editions, its scope has been extended to
cover the most recent research, providing a fully up-to-date account of the features of
cerebrovascular disease, stroke syndromes, complications, and recovery and rehabilitation.
Joined by an international team of experts in the field, Caplan offers a widened coverage of
each chapter topic, illustrated by using a large number of real-world clinical examples. Not previously included, this new edition now
also contains a chapter on the genetics of stroke. Generously illustrated by figures of anatomy and pathology and brain and vascular
imaging, this is a must-have for medical specialists and consultants, as well as trainees, in neurology, stroke medicine, internal
medicine and neurorehabilitation.
Key Features
Contains numerous patient examples to aid in mapping theory to real-life situations
Not previously included, this new edition also contains a chapter on the genetics of stroke
Key findings are summarized in tables
Contents
Foreword;
List of contributors;
Part I. General Principles:
1. Introduction and perspective;
2. Pathology, anatomy, and pathophysiology of
stroke;
3. Diagnosis and the clinical encounter;
4. Imaging and laboratory diagnosis;
5. Genetics of stroke;
6. Treatment;
Part II. Stroke Syndromes:
7. Large artery occlusive disease of the anterior
circulation;
8. Large vessel occlusive disease of the posterior
circulation;
9. Penetrating and branch artery disease;
10. Brain embolism;
11. Post-cardiac arrest encephalopathy;
12. Non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies;
13. Subarachnoid hemorrhage, aneurysms and
vascular malformations;
14. Intracerebral hemorrhage;
15. Stroke in children and young adults;
16. Spinal cord vascular disease;
17. Cerebral venous thrombosis;
Part III. Prevention, Complications, and Recovery-
Rehabilitation:
18. Stroke prevention;
19. Complications in stroke patients;
20. Recovery, rehabilitation, and repair;
Index.