Ischemic Stroke

SHERYL MARTIN-SCHILD, MD, PhD, FANA, FAHA, is the statewide stroke medical director for the Louisiana Emergency Response Network. She is also the stroke medical director for Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as the president and CEO at Dr. Brain, Inc.  HEN HALLEVI, MD is the director of the neurology and stroke department at Carmel Medical Center in Tel Aviv, and medical faculty at Tel Aviv University in Israel. ANDREW D. BARRETO, MD, MS is an associate professor in the Stroke Division of University of Texas Health in Houston.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS1    Emergent Evaluation of the Suspected Stroke Patient2    Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Stroke3    Mechanisms of Ischemic Stroke4    Neuroimaging of Acute Stroke5    Cardiac-Based Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke6    Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke7    Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke8    Critical Care Management of Ischemic Stroke9    Stroke Rehabilitation10  Cardiac Arrhythmias and Stroke11  Secondary Prevention of Cardiogenic Stroke12  Treatment of Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis13  Intracranial Large Vessel Disease14  Small Vessel Disease15  Cryptogenic StrokeIndex