Chapter 19 – Acute Therapies for Stroke
Chapter 19 Acute Therapies for Stroke Peter A. Ringleb and Markus Möhlenbruch Introduction Acute stroke has been recognized as a medical emergency like myocardial infarction for almost two decades. The…
Chapter 17 – Ischemic Stroke in the Young and in Children
Chapter 17 Ischemic Stroke in the Young and in Children Valeria Caso and Didier Leys The proportion of first-ever stroke in young adults and children differs from country to country,…
Chapter 18 – Stroke Units and Clinical Assessment
Chapter 18 Stroke Units and Clinical Assessment Danilo Toni and Ángel Chamorro Introduction There is convincing evidence from a large number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that the outcomes of…
Chapter 14 – Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Chapter 14 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Jobst Rudolf Introduction Acute thrombosis of the cerebral sinuses and veins (cerebral venous thrombosis, CVT) is considered to be the cause of an acute stroke…
Chapter 13 – Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Chapter 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Gabriel J. E. Rinkel Introduction The words “subarachnoid hemorrhage” (SAH) in themselves do not mean anything else than the presence of blood in the subarachnoid space….
Chapter 15 – Behavioral Neurology of Stroke
Chapter 15 Behavioral Neurology of Stroke José M. Ferro , Isabel P. Martins , and Lara Caeiro Introduction Mental functions are the essence of mankind. The cognitive systems of the…
Chapter 16 – Stroke and Dementia
Chapter 16 Stroke and Dementia Barbara Casolla and Didier Leys Introduction Stroke and dementia are tightly related. About 1 patient in 10 already has dementia when stroke occurs, 1 in…
Chapter 12 – Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Chapter 12 Intracerebral Hemorrhage Corina Epple , Michael Brainin , and Thorsten Steiner Introduction Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) account for 10–17% of all strokes [1]. Hemorrhages into the brain occur unexpectedly…
Chapter 11 – Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease
Chapter 11 Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease Wolf-Dieter Heiss , Michael Brainin , and Alina Schwarz Introduction Small-vessel disease (SVD) of the brain denotes a group of diseases with chronic pathological changes…
Chapter 10 – Less Common Stroke Syndromes
Chapter 10 Less Common Stroke Syndromes Wilfried Lang and Karl Matz Introduction This chapter deals with focal brain ischemia, either transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke. Causes, mechanisms, and…
