Brain Ischemia: Basic Concepts and Clinical Relevance - Hardcover

Louis R. Caplan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540198504 ISBN 13: 9783540198505

Publisher: Springer Pub Co, 1995

Synopsis

Professor Caplan has extensively edited the book to shape and organize the contents into a succinct presentation by experts of the basic science and clinical aspects of the topic. The text has been divided into sections: The Brain.- Macroscopic and microscopic molecular aspects of brain ischemia, including pathophysiology, pathology, biochemistry, and clinical measurement.- Blood Vessels.- Their constitution and the pathology and physiology of the endothelium and arterial wall.- Blood Flow.- Its physics, control, rheology, and pathophysiology.- Blood.- The role of the cellular and serological constituents in coagulation and fibrinolysis. - Heart.- Sources of embolism and cardiac changes caused by brain ischemia.- And Epidemiology, Databases, and Trials. Prefatory remarks by Professor Caplan introduce each section. At the end of each section he relates the basic concepts to patient problems in the clinic, integrates the various contributions in the section, and covers other areas not discussed by the individual contributors.

About this title

About the Author

Louis R. Caplan is Senior Neurologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540198504
• ISBN 13: 9783540198505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380