1. INTRODUCTION TO ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; 2. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ISCHEMIC STROKE; 3. PRESENTATIONS OF ISCHEMIC STROKE AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; 4. EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH A TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK OR AN ISCHEMIC STROKE; 5. ATHEROSCLEROTIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; 6. CARDIAC SOURCES OF EMBOLISM; 7. NON-ATHEROSCLEROTIC VASCULOPATHIES; 8. PRO-THROMBOTIC STATES; 9. STROKE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND GENETIC CAUSES OF STROKE; 10. MEDICAL THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC STROKE; 11. SURGICAL THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC STROKE
Summary
This volume reviews much of the information now available on the management of ischemic stroke, considering stroke as a potentially life-threatening yet treatable disease
