Cerebrovascular Disease in Clinical Practice

In this resource, clinicians guide the reader through all aspects of stroke prevention, diagnosis and management. They emphasize the use of historical evaluation as a key element in diagnosis and examine utilizing thrombolytic and other evolving acute stroke therapies. The text also discusses implementing telephone triage, talking about natural history and prognosis with patients, establishing stroke prevention and dietary guidelines, and using neuroimaging technologies. There is discussion of cerebrovascular anatomy and pathophysiology.