Stroke: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management

Offered in print, online, and downloadable formats, this updated edition of Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management delivers convenient access to the latest research findings and management approaches for cerebrovascular disease. Picking up from where J.P. Mohr and colleagues left off, a new team of editors - Drs. Grotta, Albers, Broderick, Kasner, Lo, Mendelow, Sacco, and Wong - head the sixth edition of this classic text, which is editored by the world's foremost stroke experts.

Editor K.S. Lawrence Wong's forenames reversed on electronic title page.

Aha evidence-based classifications -- Vascular biology and atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels -- Mechanisms of thrombosis and thrombolysis -- Cerebral blood flow and metabolism : regulation and pathophysiology in cerebrovascular disease -- Histopathology of brain tissue response to stroke and injury -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of ischemia-induced neuronal death -- Intracellular signaling : mediators and protective responses -- The neurovascular unit and responses to ischemia -- Mechanisms of cerebral hemorrhage -- White matter pathophysiology -- Inflammation and immune response -- Mechanisms of plasticity, remodeling and recovery -- Genetics and vascular biology of angiogenesis and vascular malformations -- Global burden of stroke -- Stroke disparities -- Modifiable risk factors and determinants of stroke -- Prognosis after stroke -- Vascular dementia and cognitive impairment -- Genetic basis of stroke occurrence, prevention and outcome -- Preventing a first stroke -- Classification of ischemic stroke -- Clinical scales to assess patients with stroke -- Carotid artery disease -- Anterior cerebral artery disease -- Middle cerebral artery disease -- Posterior cerebral arte…