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 Wilfried Lang and Karl Matz Introduction This chapter deals with focal brain ischemia, either transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke. Causes, mechanisms, and…
Chapter 9 Common Stroke Syndromes Céline Odier and Patrik Michel Introduction The approach to neurovascular disease has considerably changed over the last decade. With advances in neuroimaging, localization of the…
Chapter 6 Basic Epidemiology of Stroke and Risk Assessment Jaakko Tuomilehto and Yvonne Teuschl Definition of Stroke Epidemiological studies are dealing with population-level assessments of disease occurrence and determinants of…
Chapter 7 Common Risk Factors and Prevention Michael Brainin , Yvonne Teuschl , and Karl Matz Introduction The aim of primary prevention is to reduce the risk of first-ever stroke…
Chapter 8 Cardiac Diseases Relevant to Stroke Claudia Stöllberger and Josef Finsterer Introduction Cardiac diseases can be relevant to stroke in different respects: In embolic stroke, cardiac diseases may be…
Chapter 4 Imaging for Prediction of Functional Outcome and for Assessment of Recovery Wolf-Dieter Heiss Stroke is the third most frequent cause of acquired adult disability [1]. Despite there being…
Chapter 3 Neuroradiology Part A– Imaging of Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: CT, Perfusion CT, CT Angiography Patrik Michel Practical Aspects of Acute Stroke CT Plain CT has a long…
Chapter 5 Ultrasound in Acute Ischemic Stroke László Csiba Introduction The results of non-invasive tests (e.g. ultrasound) can be highly variable, often providing ambiguous results. Although other parameters can be…
Chapter 2 Common Causes of Ischemic Stroke Bo Norrving Introduction This chapter focuses on the major causes of ischemic stroke. Common and less common stroke syndromes are described in Chapters…
