Strokes: An Illustrated Guide to Brain Structure, Blood Supply and Clinical Signs

by James P. Bowman, Frank D. Giddings

This succinct and extensively illustrated book presents a visually compelling account of the blood supply of the brain, the brain areas affected by different types of strokes, and the resulting clinical signs observed in the patient. The chapter topics include an introduction to strokes and patients, observations from a stroke victim, general information about strokes, atherothrombotic infarction, imbolic infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, ruptured intracranial aneurysms, and arterovenous malformations. For anyone interested in learning about strokes or teaching others about them—physical therapists, occupational therapists, CT/MRI technicians specializing in brain scanning, physicians, neurologists, nurses, radiologists, psychologists, caregivers, and patients' families.

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2002