Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment for Stroke

• Other Authors: Katsanos, Aristeidis H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; atrial fibrillation; cerebral infarction; carotid stenosis; ultrasonography; outcomes; cryptogenic stroke; neurosonology; Holter monitoring; transcranial Doppler; cervical duplex; stroke; hemorrhage; thrombectomy; cone-beam computed tomography; cerebral angiography; platelet reactivity; ischemic stroke; aspirin resistance; infarction volume; multiplate; reperfusion; therapy; outcome; intravenous thrombolysis; NIHSS; Barthel index; functional dependence; ultrasound; acute ischemic stroke; perfusion imaging; contrast agent; intracerebral hematoma; subarachnoid hemorrhage; large vessel disease; clinical outcome; prognosis; functional magnetic resonance imaging; neuronal plasticity; recovery of function; motor cortex; ankle-brachial index difference; inter-ankle blood pressure difference; peripheral artery disease; anemia; blood transfusion; red blood cells; outcome assessment; endothelial progenitor cells; atherosclerosis; computed tomography angiography; n/a
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In recent years, there have been outstanding achievements in stroke diagnosis and care. Our better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms and the advances in neuro-imaging have enabled us to diagnose stroke syndromes with remarkable precision and uncover underlying vessel pathologies tha...