Transient ischemic attacks /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chaturvedi, Seemant., Levine, Steven R.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, [2004]
• Subjects: Cerebral ischemia.; Ischemic Attack, Transient.; MEDICAL > Neurology.; Transient ischaemic attack.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book was born from the synthesis of the rapidly proliferating field of cerebrovascular disease research, excitement about effective new imaging and therapeutic strategies, and the need to timely educate clinicians about the changing playing field for a common, serious and expensive syndrome - t...

Table of Contents:

• List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The Epidemiology of Transient Ischemic Attacks; CHAPTER 2 Pathophysiology of Brain Ischemia; CHAPTER 3 Clinical Syndromes Brain; CHAPTER 4 Clinical Syndromes Ocular: Transient Visual Loss; CHAPTER 5 Head CT and MRI Findings in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attacks; CHAPTER 6 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET); CHAPTER 7 Cerebrovascular Ultrasound; CHAPTER 8 Cardiac Diagnostic Studies; CHAPTER 9 Coagulation Studies; CHAPTER 10 Antiplatelet Therapy; CHAPTER 11 Role of Oral Anticoagulants.