Fig. 5.1 Axial non-contrast head computed tomography (CT) scans demonstrating the classical appearance of the different types of subdural hematoma (SDH). a Acute SDH shows a crescent-shaped homogeneously hyperdense extra-axial…
Hunt–Hess grading Clinical presentation I Asymptomatic or mild headache II Headache, stiff neck, no focal deficit other than cranial nerve deficit III Drowsy, mild focal deficit IV Stupor, hemiparesis V…
Angioarchitectural characteristics Univariate OR (95 % CI) Multivariate OR (95 % CI) Sensitivity (95 % CI) Specificity (95 % CI) Nidus size > 3 cm 3.79 (1.47–10.86) – 61 (42–79) 71 (58–82) Frontal, parietal, temporal 5.0…
Author Sample size < 7 days (%) < 14 days (%) > 7 days (%) > 14 days (%) Alberti [16] 95 5.2 – – – Arntz [6] 66 6 – 10.6 – Bladin…
Fig. 2.1 A patient with late poststroke seizures; EEG (a) shows seizure pattern in left fronto-central region, onset at C3–F3 > f7–Fp1. Onset consisted of rhythmic alpha activity at F3–C3, then involved…
Fig. 6.1 Photomicrograph of a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) stained with hematoxylin and eosin at low (a) and high (b) magnifications. CCMs appear as clusters of dilated, thin-walled blood vessels…
Congenital heart disease Vasculopathies Moyamoya disease/syndrome Traumatic arterial dissection Connective tissue disorders Radiation-induced vasculopathy Hypercoagulable states Antithrombin deficiency Protein C deficiency Protein S deficiency Activated protein C resistance with or…
Genetic risk factors Acquired risk factors Factor V Leiden mutation and resistance to activated protein C Puerperium Antiphospholipid, anticardiolipin antibodies Pregnancy Antithrombin III gene mutation Hematological conditions (anemia, polycythemia) Protein…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Amer Alshekhlee and Prachi Mehndiratta (eds.)Seizures in Cerebrovascular Disorders10.1007/978-1-4939-2559-9_1 1. Epidemiology of Seizures and Epilepsy in Cerebrovascular Disease Lawrence N Eisenman1 and Andria L Ford1 (1) Department of Neurology,…
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