Imaging in Acute Stroke - New Options and State of the Art

• Main Author: Anders Fogh Christensen (auth)
• Other Authors: Hanne Christensen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; intracerebral hemorrage; acute stroke; cerebral amyloid angiopathy; hemorrhagic stroke; ischemic stroke; spot-sign
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

One in six suffers a stroke during their lifetime and stroke remains the major cause of new onset disability in adulthood. The worldwide burden of stroke is increasing due to an ageing population, however, globally haft of stroke victims are young. Stroke is the clinical diagnosis of an acute vascul...