Publisher's Synopsis
Books about stroke are a new phenomenon. For decades the occurrence of an insult to the brain from ischaemia or from haemorrhage was used to localize brain function or to describe syndromes. It was an academic pursuit and of little help to the patients. Prevention and therapy remained elusive. Fortunately, revolutionary changes followed upon several sequential and contemporaneous developments: imaging of the blood vessels, the brain and the heart; explosive new knowledge about thrombosis and strategies to modify it; surgical techniques to remove the leisions of arterial degenerations and faults; and the maturation of the science of epidemiology, methodology and biostatics which lead us on a path towards the practice of evidence–based medicine. The commendable aim of this book has been to assist practitioners to make practical use of this rapidly expanding body of knowledge. Their aims are well satisfied. They have written their material in such a way as to assist those
