Caplan's Stroke: A Clinical Approach

by Louis R. Caplan (Editor)

Overview

This updated, revised and expanded fifth edition of the market-leading clinical guide on stroke covers causes, prevention, clinical features, evaluation and management in a comprehensive yet accessible manner. While it retains the uniform organization, accessible style and patient-oriented focus of previous editions, its scope has been extended to cover the most recent research, providing a fully up-to-date account of the features of cerebrovascular disease, stroke syndromes, complications, and recovery and rehabilitation. Joined by an international team of experts in the field, Caplan offers a widened coverage of each chapter topic, illustrated by using a large number of real-world clinical examples. Not previously included, this new edition now also contains a chapter on the genetics of stroke. Generously illustrated by figures of anatomy and pathology and brain and vascular imaging, this is a must-have for medical specialists and consultants, as well as trainees, in neurology, stroke medicine, internal medicine and neurorehabilitation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316551950
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/08/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Louis R. Caplan is a Senior Neurologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface; List of contributors; Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction and perspective Louis R. Caplan; 2. Pathology, anatomy, and pathophysiology of stroke Louis R. Caplan and David S. Liebeskind; 3. Diagnosis and the clinical encounter Louis R. Caplan and Fernando Barinagarrementeria; 4. Imaging and laboratory diagnosis Louis R. Caplan, Bruce Campbell and Stephen Davis; 5. Genetics of stroke Stéphanie Debette and Louis R. Caplan; 6. Treatment Louis R. Caplan and Jeffrey Saver; Part II. Stroke Syndromes: 7. Large artery occlusive disease of the anterior circulation Louis R. Caplan and Lawrence Wechsler; 8. Large vessel occlusive disease of the posterior circulation Louis R. Caplan and Jong S. Kim; 9. Penetrating and branch artery disease Louis R. Caplan, Geoffrey Donnan and Marie Dagonnier; 10. Brain embolism Louis R. Caplan and Pierre Amarenco; 11. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, cardiac arrest, and cardiac encephalopathy Louis R. Caplan and Michael DeGeorgia; 12. Non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies Louis R. Caplan and Jose Biller; 13. Subarachnoid hemorrhage, aneurysms and vascular malformations Tudor Jovin and Louis R. Caplan; 14. Intracerebral hemorrhage Louis R. Caplan and Carlos S. Kase; 15. Stroke in children and young adults Gabrielle DeVeber, Aneesh B. Singhal and Louis R. Caplan; 16. Spinal cord vascular disease Louis R. Caplan and Ayrton R. Massaro; 17. Cerebral venous thrombosis Louis R. Caplan and Marie-Germaine Bousser; Part III. Prevention, Complications, and Recovery-Rehabilitation: 18. Stroke prevention Louis R. Caplan and Philip Gorelick; 19. Complications in stroke patients Louis R. Caplan and Sandeep Kumar; 20. Recovery, rehabilitation, and repair Steven C. Cramer and Louis R. Caplan; Index.

Editorial Reviews

A detailed reference/text for stroke specialists and nonexperts, illustrated with b&w photos and images. Fundamentals are emphasized in a systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment, with sections on general principles, stroke syndromes, and prevention, complications, and rehabilitation. This third edition reflects advances in the field over the past seven years. It contains more information about unusual conditions as well as common stroke syndromes, plus new illustrations in chapters on clinical syndromes. Caplan is professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, and senior neurologist and director of Stroke Service at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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