Research Catalog

Title

Thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke / edited by Patrick D. Lyden.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Lyden, Patrick D.

Description

xvii, 370 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Up to date and highly practical, Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke, Second Edition offers the practicing physician everything necessary - background, protocols, new technologies, and case studies - for the safe and effective treatment of the emergency stroke patient today."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Current clinical neurology

Uniform Title

Current clinical neurology.

Subjects

• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Stroke > drug therapy
• Thrombolytic therapy
• Cerebrovascular disease > Chemotherapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Mechanisms of thrombolysis / Gregory J. del Zoppo and Naohisa Hosomi -- 2. Pathology of cervico-cranial artery occlusion / Louis R. Caplan -- 3. The ischemic penumbra and neuronal salvage / Patrick D. Lyden -- 4. Pre-clinical testing of thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke / Steven R. Levine -- 5. Combination of thrombolytic therapy with neuroprotectants / James C. Grotta and Lise A. Labiche -- 6. Pilot and preliminary studies of thrombolytic therapy for stroke / Steven R. Levine, E. Clarke Haley and Patrick D. Lyden -- 7. Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke : results of large randomized clinical trials / Matthew L. Flaherty, Edward C. Jauch, Rashmi U. Kothari and Joseph P. Broderick -- 8. Further analysis of NINDS study : long-term outcome, subgroups, and cost effectiveness / Susan C. Fagan, Thomas D. Kwiatkowski and Patrick D. Lyden -- 9. Community experience with intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke / Lama Al-Khoury and Christy M. Jackson -- 10. Intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke / Anthony J. Furlan, Randall Higashida, Irene Katzan, Alex Abou-Chebl and Andrew N. Russman -- 11. Combinations of intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis / Matthew L. Flaherty and Joseph Broderick -- 12. Thrombolysis in vertebrobasilar occulsive disease / Louis R. Caplan -- 13. Thrombolytic therapy in stroke patients / Patrick D. Lyden -- 14. Stroke thrombolysis : the present guidelines and policies for clinical use should be changed / Louis R. Caplan -- 15. How to run a stroke code / Askiel Bruno -- 16. The impact of computed tomography on acute stroke treatment / Rudiger von Kummer -- 17. Using magnetic resonance imaging to select and manage patients for treatment / Peter D. Schellinger, Chelsea S. Kidwell and Steven Warach -- 18. The rt-PA for acute stroke protocol / John Marler and Patrick D. Lyden.

ISBN

158829398X (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005000628

OCLC

• ocm57405479
• SCSB-5266577

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries