Kim / Caplan / Wong Intracranial Atherosclerosis

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0068-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke inover 70% of the world's population. Globalization is leadingto an increasingly heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances inimaging techinology allow this previously inaccessible pathology tobe clinically studied.
Edited by internationally renowned clinicians, IntracranialAtherosclerosis is the first book to examine intracranialcauses of stroke. Clinical practice is allied with basic science toguide all those with an interest in stroke on the diagnosis andmanagement of intracranial atherosclerosis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Jong S.

Caplan, Louis R.

Wong, K. S. Lawrence

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Epidemiology and risk factors.
1 Anatomy of intracranial arteries.
David S Liebeskind and Louis R Caplan.
2 Pathologic characteristics.
Xiang-Yan Chen and Mark Fisher.
3 Epidemiology.
Philip Gorelick, Jinghao Han, Yining Huang and Ka SingWong.
4 Risk factors.
Kazuo Minematsu, Oh Young Bang and ToshiyukiUehara.
Stroke mechanism and clinical consequence5 Strokemechanisms.
Ka Sing Wong, Louis R Caplan and Jong S Kim.
6 Anterior circulation disorders.
Jong S Kim.
7 Posterior circulation disorders.
Louis R Caplan, Pierre Amarenco and Jong SKim.
8 Cognitive dysfunction, dementia and emotionaldisturbances.
Jae-Hong Lee, Alex E Roher, Thomas G Beach and Jong SKim.
9 Natural course and prognosis.
Juan F Arenillas, Louis R Caplan and Ka SingWong.
Diagnostic imaging studies10 Vascular imaging.
Edward Feldman, Harry J Cloft, Mai Nguyen-Huynh and AveanMcLaughlin.
11 Application of magnetic resonance imaging.
Dong-Wha Kang and Jong S Kim.
12 Transcranial doppler.
Qing Hao, Ka Sing Wong and Andrei VAlexandrov.
Treatment.
13. Antiplatelet therapy.
Sun U Kwon and Jong S Kim.
14 Anticoagulation.
Fadi B Nahab and Marc I Chimowitz.
15 Angioplasty and stenting.
Wei-Jian Jiang, DC Suh, Yongjun Wang, and Thomas WLeung.
16 Surgical therapy.
Chang Wan Oh and Jeong Eun Kim.
17 Other miscellaneous treatments.
Christopher Chen and Ka Sing Wong.
Uncommon causes of intracranial arterial disease.
18 Immunologic and vasoconstrictive disorders.
Min Lou and Louis R. Caplan.
19 Arterial dissection, CNS infection and other miscellaneousdiseases.
Jiann-Shing Jeng and Jong S Kim.
20 Moyamoya disease.
Susumu Miyamoto, Jun C. Takahashi and Jong SKim

Über Autor(innen)

Jong S. Kim, MD, PhD, Professor of neurology, University ofUlsan and Asan Medical Center, Seoul
Louis R. Caplan, MD, Professor of Neurology, HarvardUniversity and works in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston, MA.
Lawrence K. Wong, MD, Professor of Neurology,ChinaUniversity of Hong Kong.