Stroke is a major health concern worldwide, and the epidemiological
data is staggering. One in six people will have a stroke during the
course of their life; it is the second most common cause of death;
and stroke also ranks second among causes contributing to the
global burden of disability. However, the burden of stroke can be
alleviated: it is potentially preventable, treatable, and possible
to manage long term. Despite continuing advances in our knowledge
about this disease, there is currently still a large
evidence-to-clinical practice gap in all regions. The Oxford
Textbook of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease is a comprehensive
textbook on clinical stroke, covering all major aspects of
cerebrovascular disease including epidemiology, risk factors,
primary prevention, pathophysiology, diagnostics, clinical
features, acute therapies, secondary prevention, prognosis, and
rehabilitation. It makes use of current pedagogic principles, and
includes not only aspects on management in the acute hospital phase
of stroke, but also public health issues, prevention, long-term
management, and silent vascular disease (which is becoming
increasingly epidemic in the general population). Topical aspects
also include advice to improve clinical skills in examination,
diagnosing, and treating stroke. The text also covers the fields of
silent cerebrovascular disease (silent brain infarcts, microbleeds,
white matter ischemic abnormalities) that more recently have been
recognized to be highly prevalent in the general population, and
that carry important risks on vascular events and cognitive
decline/dementia. Chapters are written by a most distinguished
group of international experts in the field of stroke from around
the world, and have been carefully edited to ensure consistency in
style and clarity of contents. The concurrent online version allows
access to the full content of the textbook, contains links from the
references to primary research journal articles, allows full text
searches, and provides access to figures and tables that can be
downloaded to PowerPoint (R). Practical, easy to use, yet detailed
with respect to pathophysiology, diagnostics, and management, this
text provides a source of reference for the detection and
management of all stroke and less common cerebrovascular diseases
for practising and trainee neurologists, geriatricians, and all
stroke physicians and clinicians.
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