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Springer Current Review of Cerebrovascular Disease 4th Edition 2012 Softbound by Marc Fisher, Julien Bogousslavsky
New, exciting, and innovative advances in the field of cerebrovascular medicine continue to occur at a rapid pace. The fourth edition of Current Review of Cerebrovascular Disease provides an update on these rapidly evolving topics and a gives the reader insight into the thought-provoking issues in stroke neurology that have undergone tremendous changes during the past two years. The volume covers four main sections: basic science, diagnostics, clinical aspects, and treatment. 1 New Approaches to Atherosclerosis Based on Endothelial function.- 2 Mechanisms of Neuronal Cell Death After Ischemic Injury to the Brain.- 3 Growth Factors and Cerebral Ischemia.- 4 The Ischemic Penumbra and the Therapeutic Time Window.- 5 Temperature Changes and Ischemic Stroke.- 6 Diffusion-Weighted and Perfusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical Stroke.- 7 New Trends in Neurosonology.- 8 Magnetic Resonance Angiography.- 9 Computed Tomography Angiography and Perfusion Imaging of Acute Stroke.- 10 Clinical Evaluation of Stroke.- 11 Lacunar Stroke.- 12 Cardioembolic Stroke.- 13 Aortic Arch Atherosclerotic Disease.- 14 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- 15 Vascular Dementia.- 16 Progressing Stroke.- 17 Antithrombotic Therapy in Stroke.- 18 Neuroprotective Therapy.- 19 Thrombolytic Therapy.- 20 Surgical Therapy.- 21 Stroke in Developing Countries.- 22 Mega Trials Versus Small Trials in Stroke.- Color Plates.