Neurovascular Examination: The Rapid Evaluation of Stroke Patients Using Ultrasound Waveform Interpretation

The use of neurovascular ultrasound is of increasing importance in neurological practice, both for radiologists and increasingly by neurologists themselves. Written by the world’s most renowned expert, this book explains

ultrasound examination of a stroke patient
scanning protocols
interpretation of the results.
Case examples (with a standard template presentation correlating presentation to waveform output) reinforce the book′s practical nature.
Illustrated with photos of the tests, explanations, and with actual waveforms, images, and result interpretation, and enhanced with ′pearls′ and ′avoiding pitfalls′ features, it is a practical reference for those learning ultrasound as well as those using ultrasound in their practices.

Spis treści:
Provisional list of contents.
Basic principles: physics and anatomy.
Applied principles of hemodynamics.
Real time ultrasound measures.
Approach to patient.
Combined extra–intra–cranial examination.
Normal waveforms.
Abnormal waveforms.
Specific findings: stenoses, occlusions, collaterals, emboli.
Vasomotor reactivity.
Monitoring reperfusion therapies.
Vasospasm.
Cerebral circulatory arrest.
Intra–arterial rescue procedures.
Surgical monitoring

Nota biograficzna:
Dr Andrei Alexandrov
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, RVT, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Radiology, Director, STAT Neurosonology Service and Center for Noninvasive Brain Perfusion Studies, Stroke Program, University of Texas–Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.

Okładka tylna:
The use of neurovascular ultrasound is of increasing importance in neurological practice, both for radiologists and increasingly by neurologists themselves. Written by the world’s most renowned expert, this book explains

ultrasound examination of a stroke patient
scanning protocols
interpretation of the results.
Case examples (with a standard template presentation correlating presentation to waveform output) reinforce the book′s practical nature.
Illustrated with photos of the tests, explanations, and with actual waveforms, images, and result interpretation, and enhanced with ′pearls′ and ′avoiding pitfalls′ features, it is a practical reference for those learning ultrasound as well as those using ultrasound in their practices.