Main description:

This concise, yet comprehensive review covers the diagnostic and treatment information needed for the vascular neurology board exam. The assembled material is easy-to-read with chapters emphasizing clinically relevant scientific principles that must be mastered by the stroke clinician. Neurology, vascular neurology and neuro-critical care residents and fellows will find this text to be an invaluable preparation guide and a succinct source to complement treatment guidelines and protocols.

Contents:

Basic science and pathophysiology of cerebrovascular diseases.- Neuro-anatomy.- Clinical features of cerebrovascular disease.- Epidemiology.- Acute evaluation, treatment and management of stroke/vascular neurology patients.- Intracerebral hemorrhage.- Complications of stroke.- Causes of adult and pediatric stroke Stroke genetics.- Primary and secondary stroke prevention.- Stroke rehabilitation.- Pharmacology.- Neuro-radiology.- Neuro-pathology.- Stroke systems of care.