Cerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention and Treatment

Effective stroke therapy can be improved through real-time monitoring of the neurological and cardiovascular responses to treatment. This requires crucial knowledge on behalf of both the sonographer and stroke physician to make the best decisions for the patient so as to minimize the damage caused by the original stroke and the risk of further stroke. Cerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention and Treatment, Second Edition, takes a practical approach to the examination of patients, the interpretation of ultrasound studies and the application of cerebrovascular ultrasound in the development of management and treatment studies, assisting neurologists, radiologists, and ultrasonographers in stroke therapy.

Effective stroke therapy can be improved through real-timemonitoring of the neurological and cardiovascular responses totreatment. This requires crucial knowledge on behalf of both thesonographer and stroke physician to make the best decisions for thepatient so as to minimize the damage caused by the original strokeand the risk of further stroke.Cerebrovascular Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention andTreatment, Second Edition, takes a practical approach to theexamination of patients, the interpretation of ultrasound studiesand the application of cerebrovascular ultrasound in thedevelopment of management and treatment studies, assistingneurologists, radiologists, and ultrasonographers in stroketherapy.

List of Contributors ivPreface viForeword viiiPreface to the First Edition ixForeword to the First Edition xAcknowledgment (first Edition) xiiPractice of Ultrasound: An Introduction xiiiPart I How to Perform Ultrasound Tests 11 Principles of Extracranial Ultrasound Examination 3Andrei V. Alexandrov, Alice Robinson-Vaughn, Clotilde Balucani & Marsha M. Neumyer2 Intracranial Cerebrovascular Ultrasound Examination Techniques 13Andrei V. Alexandrov, Marta Rubiera, Paola Palazzo & Marsha M. Neumyer3 Anatomy of the Brain's Arterial Supply 26Joel CurePart II Hemodynamic Principles 454 Integrated Assessment of Systemic and Intracranial Hemodynamics 47Anne W. Alexandrov5 Practical Models of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Waveform Recognition 68Andrei V. AlexandrovPart III Criteria for Interpretation 856 Diagnostic Criteria for Cerebrovascular Ultrasound 87Georgios Tsivgoulis, Marsha M. Neumyer & Andrei V. AlexandrovPart IV Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention and Treatment 1457 Ultrasound in Stroke Prevention: TCD and Sickle Cell Disease 147Fenwick T. Nichols III, Robert J Adams & Anne M. Jones8 Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carotid Ultrasound 158Tatjana Rundek & Joseph F. Polak9 Applications of Functional Transcranial Doppler (fTCD) 177Konstantinos Vadikolias & Georgios Tsivgoulis10 Transcranial Doppler in the Detection and Quantitation of Patent Foramen Ovale and Other Right-to-Left Circulatory Shunts 187Annabelle Lao, Cindy J. Fuller & Jill T. Jesurum11 Ultrasound in Neurocritical Care 198Andrew D. Barreto & James C. Grotta12 Cerebral Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 207Mark R. Harrigan, David W. Newell & Andrei V. Alexandrov13 Intra-Operative TCD Monitoring 214Zsolt Garami & Alan B. Lumsden14 Intracranial Stenosis 228Vijay K. Sharma & K.S. Lawrence Wong15 Ultrasound in Acute Stroke: Diagnosis, Reversed Robin Hood Syndrome and Sonothrombolysis 240Andrei V. Alexandrov, Robert Mikulik & Andrew Demchuk16 Ultrasound and Gaseous Microspheres 252Flemming Forsberg & Andrei V. Alexandrov17 Neurosonology Pearls 262Georgios Tsivgoulis, Clotilde Balucani & Vijay K SharmaIndex 275