Prevention of Stroke, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991

Prevention of Stroke sums up and critically analyzes our present knowledge and understanding of all major aspects of stroke prophylaxis, medical and surgical. The book is intended for not only neurologists and neurosurgeons directly involved with stroke patients, but also vascular surgeons, internists, family physicians, and health planners. Topics explored include the cellular basis of atherosclerosis; stroke risk factors; head and neck bruits in stroke prevention; the present status of anticoagulant prophylaxis; hypertension and stroke prevention; and prevention of cardioembolic stroke, as well as the efficacy of aspirin and of ticlopidine in stroke prevention. Surgical prophylaxis is examined through discussions of carotid endarterectomy, prevention of stroke from cerebral vascular malformations, prevention of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, balloon transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery in the head and neck, and prevention of recurrent stroke.

1 Stroke Prevention: Past, Present, and Future.- I Medical Prevention of Stroke.- 2 Cellular Basis of Atherosclerosis.- 3 Prevention of Atherothrombotic Brain Infarction: Role of Lipids.- 4 Regression of Atherosclerosis.- 5 Drug Inhibition of Experimental Carotid Atherogenesis.- 6 Stroke Risk Factors.- 7 Head and Neck Bruits in Stroke Prevention.- 8 Hypertension and Stroke Prevention.- 9 Aspirin in Stroke Prevention.- 10 Ticlopidine: A New Drug to Prevent Stroke.- 11 Present Status of Anticoagulant Prophylaxis.- 12 Prevention of Cardioembolic Stroke.- 13 Clinical Trials in Stroke: A New Approach.- II Surgical Prevention of Stroke.- 14 Carotid Endarterectomy: A Challenge for Scientific Medicine.- 15 Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis.- 16 Does Carotid Endarterectomy Prevent Stroke?.- 17 Balloon Transluminal Angioplasty of the Carotid Artery in the Head and Neck.- 18 Preventing Cerebral Complications of Cardiac Surgery.- 19 Prevention of Stroke from Cerebral Vascular Malformations.- 20 Prevention of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- 21 Prevention of Recurrent Stroke.