Chapter 10 Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick The ability to image the brain using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has greatly enhanced our…
Chapter 2 Clinical-Anatomical Syndromes of Ischemic Infarction Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Ischemic stroke can be defined as a sudden focal neurological deficit corresponding to a vascular distribution. Brain…
Chapter 11 Secondary Intraparenchymal Hemorrhages Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Multiple causes other than hypertension may provoke intraparenchymal hematomas. Recognizing them may be difficult, especially in the acute phase….
Chapter 3 Acute Stroke Imaging Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick There was a time, not too long ago, when acute brain imaging in patients with suspected stroke was thought…
Chapter 1 Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick The brain is our most essential organ but also the most sensitive to oxygen deprivation. Diffuse hypoxia and ischemia…
Chapter 8 Uncommon Causes of Stroke Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Imaging can be invaluable when evaluating patients with stroke of unknown cause. Sometimes it provides the diagnosis, and…
Chapter 12 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Advances in imaging technology have marked the great milestones in the history of the diagnosis and management of aneurysmal subarachnoid…
Chapter 4 Cardiac Embolism Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Cardiac embolism represents one of the most common mechanisms of ischemic stroke. It is most common in the elderly as…
Chapter 14 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Alexander Y. Zubkov, Steven J. Resnick, Alejandro A. Rabinstein Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) was first described by Ribes in the early 19th century on the…
Chapter 7 Small Vessel Disease Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Steven J. Resnick Small vessel disease is the less understood of the major mechanisms of cerebral ischemia. This is the case despite…
