- A complete guide to thrombolytic therapy
- Practical and thorough reference to all those caring for acute stroke patients
- Extensively updated from previous editions with new data and cases
Thrombolytic therapy is now reaching patients in a variety of settings all over the world. Formerly in the domain of sub-specialists, thrombolytic therapy now rests in the realm of emergency medicine, intensive care, vascular, and neurocritical physicians.
Extensively updated from previous editions,
Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke, Third Edition is a practical and thorough reference to all those caring for acute stroke patients. Chapters feature new data, technologies and cases offering guidance to treating acute stroke patients – with or without thrombolytic therapy.
Physicians looking to utilize thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke will find this text an invaluable resource.
Table of Contents
1 The Ischemic Penumbra and Cell Survival
Patrick D. Lyden
2 The March of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic
Stroke to Clinical Trials: Pre-clinical Thrombolysis
and Adjuncts to Thrombolysis Research
Steven R. Levine, Syed Faraz Kazim, Pirouz Piran,
and Frank C. Barone
3 Combination of Thrombolytic Therapy
with Antithrombotics and Neuroprotectants.
Andrew D. Barreto and James C. Grotta
4 Pilot and Preliminary Studies of Thrombolytic
Therapy for Stroke
Steven R. Levine, E. Clarke Haley, and Patrick D. Lyden
5 Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke:
Results of Large, Randomized Clinical Trials
Edward C. Jauch and Christine Holmstedt
6 Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Anthony J. Furlan, Randall Higashida, Irene Katzan,
and Andrew Russman
7 Mechanical Revascularization with Embolectomy Devices
Paula Eboli, Michael Schiraldi, and Michael J. Alexander
8 Combination of Intravenous t-PA and Endovascular Therapy
Joseph P. Broderick and Blake A. Smith
9 Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke and the Test of Time
Patrick D. Lyden
10 How to Run an Effective Code Stroke
Jeffrey A. Switzer and Askiel Bruno
11 Telestroke: Delivery and Design
Konrad H. Schlick and Brett C. Meyer
12 The Impact of Neuroimaging on Acute Stroke Treatment:
Role of Computed Tomography
Rüdiger von Kummer
13 The Impact of Neuroimaging on Acute Stroke Treatment:
Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Peter D. Schellinger and Martin Köhrmann
14 The rt-PA for Acute Stroke Protocol
John Marler and Patrick D. Lyden
Afterword
Illustrative Cases
Index
