Vascular Neurology Board Review: An Essential Study Guide

Description

This concise, yet comprehensive review covers the diagnostic and treatment information needed for the vascular neurology board exam. The assembled material is easy-to-read with chapters emphasizing clinically relevant scientific principles that must be mastered by the stroke clinician. Neurology, vascular neurology and neuro-critical care residents and fellows will find this text to be an invaluable preparation guide and a succinct source to complement treatment guidelines and protocols.

Key Features

• Comprehensive resource for the diagnosis and management of cerebrovascular disease
• Fulfills growing need for a review text specific to the Vascular Neurology Board Exam
• Information presented in an east-to-read format

Table of Contents

1. Basic science and pathophysiology of cerebrovascular diseases
2. Neuro-anatomy
3. Clinical features of cerebrovascular disease
4. Epidemiology
5. Acute evaluation, treatment and management of stroke/vascular neurology patients
6. Intracerebral hemorrhage
7. Complications of stroke
8. Causes of adult and pediatric stroke Stroke genetics
9. Primary and secondary stroke prevention
10. Stroke rehabilitation
11. Pharmacology
12. Neuro-radiology
13. Neuro-pathology
14. Stroke systems of care

Authors Biography

Hardik P Amin, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
Associate Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Joseph L Schindler, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Acute Stroke and TeleStroke Services
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
Yale-New Haven Hospital