Alexandrov Cerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention and Treatment

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4814-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, E-Book

Effective stroke therapy can be improved through real-timemonitoring of the neurological and cardiovascular responses totreatment. This requires crucial knowledge on behalf of both thesonographer and stroke physician to make the best decisions for thepatient so as to minimize the damage caused by the original strokeand the risk of further stroke.
Cerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention andTreatment, Second Edition, takes a practical approach to theexamination of patients, the interpretation of ultrasound studiesand the application of cerebrovascular ultrasound in thedevelopment of management and treatment studies, assistingneurologists, radiologists, and ultrasonographers in stroketherapy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexandrov, Andrei V.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hacke, Werner

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Preface.
Foreword.
Preface to the First Edition.
Foreword to the First Edition.
Acknowledgment (First Edition).
Practice of Ultrasound: an Introduction.
Part I How to Perform Ultrasound Tests.
1 Principles of Extracranial Ultrasound Examination (AndreiV. Alexandrov, Alice Robinson-Vaughn, Clotilde Balucani &Marsha M. Neumyer).
2 Intracranial Cerebrovascular Ultrasound Examination TechniquesAndrei V. Alexandrov, Marta Rubiera, Paola Palazzo & MarshaM. Neumyer).
3 Anatomy of the Brain's Arterial Supply (JoelCure).
Part II Hemodynamic Principles.
4 Integrated Assessment of Systemic and IntracranialHemodynamics (Anne W. Alexandrov).
5 Practical Models of Cerebral Hemodynamics and WaveformRecognition (Andrei V. Alexandrov).
Part III Criteria for Interpretation.
6 Diagnostic Criteria for Cerebrovascular Ultrasound(Georgios Tsivgoulis, Marsha M. Neumyer & Andrei V.Alexandrov).
Part IV Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention andTreatment.
7 Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention: TCD and Sickle Cell Disease(Fenwick T. Nichols III, Robert J Adams & Anne M.Jones).
8 Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carotid Ultrasound (TatjanaRundek & Joseph F. Polak).
9 Applications of Functional Transcranial Doppler (fTCD)(Konstantinos Vadikolias & Georgios Tsivgoulis).
10 Transcranial Doppler in the Detection and Quantitation ofPatent Foramen Ovale and Other Right-to-Left Circulatory Shunts(Annabelle Lao, Cindy J. Fuller & Jill T. Jesurum).
11 Ultrasound in Neurocritical Care (Andrew D. Barreto &James C. Grotta).
12 Cerebral Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Mark R.Harrigan, David W. Newell & Andrei V. Alexandrov).
13 Intra-Operative TCD Monitoring (Zsolt Garami & Alan B.Lumsden).
14 Intracranial Stenosis (Vijay K. Sharma & K.S. LawrenceWong).
15 Ultrasound in Acute Stroke: Diagnosis, Reversed Robin HoodSyndrome and Sonothrombolysis (Andrei V. Alexandrov, RobertMikulik & Andrew Demchuk).
16 Ultrasound and Gaseous Microspheres (Flemming Forsberg& Andrei V. Alexandrov).
17 Neurosonology Pearls (Georgios Tsivgoulis, ClotildeBalucani & Vijay K Sharma).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Andrei V Alexandrov, MD, University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA