Arterial Revascularization of the Head and Neck Text Atlas for Prevention and Management of Stroke /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muresian, Horia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Neurosurgery.; Cardiac surgery.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Vascular Surgery.

This book covers all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke, offering an integrated perspective that will be relevant to a range of specialists. Extensive consideration is given to the different methods of stroke prevention and arterial revascularization, with up-to-date infor...

Table of Contents:

• The cerebral circulation
• Cerebral vascular territories and the major neurovascular syndromes
• Stroke subtypes
• Surgical approaches for cerebrovascular revascularization
• Diagnostic approach to cerebrovascular disease: ultrasound
• Endovascular approach: from diagnosis to therapy
• Diagnostic approach to cerebrovascular disease: ct and mri
• Pharmacological measures for the treatment and prevention of stroke. The choice of initial therapy
• Anesthesia for carotid surgery and stenting. Neuromonitoring and perioperative care
• Carotid angioplasty and stenting
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Vertebral artery revascularization
• Extensive cerebrovascular arterial revascularization
• Cervico-cerebral arteries dissection
• Extracranial carotid and vertebral artery aneurysm
• Asymptomatic carotid and vertebral artery stenosis
• Lessons from experimental-induced atherosclerosis – valuable for the precision medicine of tomorrow
• Choice of the proper therapeutic measure in the individual patient and prevention of stroke.