Prevention of Stroke

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Stroke Prevention: Past, Present, and Future

   1. Stroke Prevention: Past, Present, and Future

      • John W. Norris, Vladimir C. Hachinski

      Pages 1-15

3. Medical Prevention of Stroke

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Cellular Basis of Atherosclerosis

      • Marc Fisher

      Pages 19-36

   3. Prevention of Atherothrombotic Brain Infarction: Role of Lipids

      • Frank M. Yatsu, Thomas J. DeGraba

      Pages 37-47

   4. Regression of Atherosclerosis

      • Michael G. Hennerici

      Pages 49-63

   5. Drug Inhibition of Experimental Carotid Atherogenesis

      • Eberhard L. Betz

      Pages 65-82

   6. Stroke Risk Factors

      • Mark L. Dyken

      Pages 83-101

   7. Head and Neck Bruits in Stroke Prevention

      • John W. Norris

      Pages 103-112

   8. Hypertension and Stroke Prevention

      • J. D. Spence

      Pages 113-119

   9. Aspirin in Stroke Prevention

      • James C. Grotta

      Pages 121-126

   10. Ticlopidine: A New Drug to Prevent Stroke

       • William K. Hass

       Pages 127-138

   11. Present Status of Anticoagulant Prophylaxis

       • J. Donald Easton

       Pages 139-147

   12. Prevention of Cardioembolic Stroke

       • David G. Sherman

       Pages 149-159

   13. Clinical Trials in Stroke: A New Approach

       • John A. Blakely

       Pages 161-170

4. Surgical Prevention of Stroke

   1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1

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   2. Carotid Endarterectomy: A Challenge for Scientific Medicine

      • H. J. M. Barnett

      Pages 171-176

   3. Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

      • J. J. Ricotta

      Pages 177-194

   4. Does Carotid Endarterectomy Prevent Stroke?

      • Saran Jonas

      Pages 195-203

   5. Balloon Transluminal Angioplasty of the Carotid Artery in the Head and Neck

      • Fong Y. Tsai, Randall Higashida

      Pages 205-218

Prevention of Stroke sums up and critically analyzes our present knowledge and understanding of all major aspects of stroke prophylaxis, medical and surgical. The book is intended for not only neurologists and neurosurgeons directly involved with stroke patients, but also vascular surgeons, internists, family physicians, and health planners. Topics explored include the cellular basis of atherosclerosis; stroke risk factors; head and neck bruits in stroke prevention; the present status of anticoagulant prophylaxis; hypertension and stroke prevention; and prevention of cardioembolic stroke, as well as the efficacy of aspirin and of ticlopidine in stroke prevention. Surgical prophylaxis is examined through discussions of carotid endarterectomy, prevention of stroke from cerebral vascular malformations, prevention of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, balloon transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery in the head and neck, and prevention of recurrent stroke.

• Internist
• Präventivmedizin
• Schlaganfall
• aneurysm
• brain
• ischemic stroke
• prevention
• surgery

• Department of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  John W. Norris

• Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

  Vladimir C. Hachinski

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