Stroke, Part II: Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis

9 11/16 X 7 7/16 in Section 4: Manifestations of stroke: Topographic classification of is chemic stroke. Identification, risks and treatment of transeint ischemi c attacks. Medical complications of acute stroke. Anterior circulation syndromes. Posterior circulation strokes. Lacunes and lacunar syndrom es. Hemorrhagic stroke syndromes: clinical manifestations of intracere bral and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Eye syndromes and the neuro-ophthalom ology of stroke. Post-stroke seizures. Stroke?related psychiatric diso rder. Vascular dementia. ?Silent? cerebral infarcts and microbleeds. Spinal strokes.

Section 5: Causes of stroke: Extracranial and intracranial atheroma, and artery-to-artery embolism. Cardio-embolic st roke. Cervical artery dissections. Intracerebral hemorrhage. Subarach noid hemorrhage. Cerebral venous thrombosis. Illicit drug use/abuse an d stroke. Stroke, migraine and headache. Infections and stroke. Vascu litis and stroke. Hematological diseases and stroke. Stroke related to systemic illness and complicated surgery. Rare causes of stroke.