Stroke Website Contents

Contents and Index of Chapters

Pages in Alphabetical Order	Pages by Topics
A About the Author Acute Headache Antihypertensives Antiplatelet Drugs Aortic Arch Plaque Angiography Antiphospholipid syndrome Atherosclerosis Atrial fibrillation Artery Of Percheron Stroke Arteriovenous Malformations Aneurysms (Saccular) ASPECTS Scoring Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) Apraxia B Bamford classification Basal Ganglia Strokes Behcet syndrome Bells Palsy Brain Herniation syndromes Brain Tumours Basilar artery strokes Brainstem strokes C CADASIL/CARASIL Cancer and stroke Capsular/Pontine Warning Syndromes Causes of stroke Cardioembolic Stroke Caroticocavernous fistula Carotid Dissection Cerebral oedema Clinical History Clinical Examination Cerebral Cortex Cerebellar Anatomy and Physiology Cerebellar Infarction Cerebellar Haemorrhage Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Cavernomas Classifications Cryptogenic stroke CT Brain Interpretation CT Imaging CT perfusion Cogan Syndrome Cognition Coma Cholesterol embolisation syndrome Stroke cognition Complications Clinical Syndromes of Vessel occlusion D Drugs used Dural Arteriovenous Malformations DOACs (Direct Oral Anticoagulants) E Endocarditis Encephalitis End of life care Epidemiology Epilepsy Eye disease and stroke F Functional disorders Fabry's disease Fibromuscular dysplasia Feeding after stroke G Giant cell arteritis H Haemorrhagic Stroke Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia Homocysteine Hypertension Hyperacute care Hydrocephalus I Imaging Imaging Collections Infectious Inherited causes Inflammatory Introduction Ischaemic Stroke Investigations for stroke L Lateral medullary Syndrome Lacunar Strokes Locked in syndrome Sudden weak leg only M Malignant MCA syndrome Medullary Strokes Midbrain Strokes Malignant Intravascular Lymphomatosis Mood and relationships post stroke Moyamoya Disease Modified Rankin Score MELAS Migraine Mimics Mortality in Stroke MR Imaging Multiple sclerosis N Neuroscience Neuroanatomy Neuropathology News NIHSS assessment P Patent Foramen Ovale Paradoxical embolism Polyarteritis nodosa Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome Pontine Strokes Pontine Warning Syndromes Post stroke pain syndrome Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Prehospital Stroke care R Risk Factors Rare causes of stroke Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Rehabilitation after stroke S Sickle Cell Disease Spasticity Speech and language Spinal Cord Strokes Structural Cardiac disease and stroke Small Vessel Disease Susac Syndrome Subdural haematoma Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Surgery for Ischaemic stroke Surgery for Haemorrhagic stroke Surgery for Carotid Disease Stroke Services Stroke Trials Stroke Complications Stroke Curriculum Mapping T Takayasu Disease Thalamus Thalamic Strokes Transient Ischaemic attacks Transient monocular blindness Thrombophilias Thrombolysis Thrombectomy V Varicella Vasculopathy Vasculopathy Others Vascular anomalies Vasculitis Neurovascular Anatomy Vertebral Dissection Vision W Wallenburg/Lateral medullary Syndrome Warfarin Watershed Infarcts	Basic Sciences Neuroscience Neuroanatomy Cerebral Cortex Cerebellar Anatomy and Physiology Neurovascular Anatomy Neuropathology Background Introduction Epidemiology Mortality in Stroke Risk Factors Rare causes of stroke Symptoms Acute Headache Apraxia Clinical History Clinical Examination Modified Rankin Score NIHSS assessment Speech and language Capsular/Pontine Warning Syndromes Eye disease and stroke Vision Clinical Syndromes of Vessel occlusion Functional disorders Lateral medullary Syndrome Spasticity Cognition Sudden weak leg only Ischaemic Aetiology Causes of stroke Hypertension Ischaemic Stroke Atherosclerosis Lacunar Strokes Cerebellar Infarction Artery to Artery Embolic Carotid Dissection Structural Cardiac disease and stroke Cryptogenic stroke Infectious Inflammatory Behcet syndrome MELAS Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Small Vessel Disease Cholesterol embolisation syndrome Carotid Dissection Vertebral Dissection Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome Susac Syndrome Watershed Infarcts Inherited causes of stroke Inherited causes Fabry's disease CADASIL/CARASIL Disorders of Homocysteine Thrombophilias Sickle Cell Disease Haematological causes of stroke Sickle Cell Disease Thrombophilias Malignant Intravascular Lymphomatosis Vasculopathies Fibromuscular dysplasia Giant cell arteritis Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Moyamoya Disease Varicella Vasculopathy Vasculopathy Vasculitis Takayasu Disease Polyarteritis nodosa Takayasu Disease Susac syndrome Cardiac causes of Stroke Disease Atrial fibrillation Cardioembolic Stroke Structural Cardiac disease and stroke Infective Endocarditis Patent Foramen Ovale Paradoxical embolism Haemorrhagic Stroke Causes of stroke Haemorrhagic Stroke Hypertension Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Cavernomas Arteriovenous Malformations Saccular Aneurysms Moyamoya Disease Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Others Vascular anomalies Cerebellar Haemorrhage Dural Arteriovenous Malformations Diagnostics Stroke Investigations Imaging CT Imaging CT Brain Interpretation ASPECTS Scoring CT perfusion MR Imaging Angiography Imaging Collections Strokes by Location Medullary Strokes Midbrain Strokes Pontine Strokes Top of the Basilar Stroke Brainstem strokes Locked in syndrome Cerebellar Infarction Cerebellar Haemorrhage Thalamus Thalamic Strokes Eye disease and stroke Miscellaneous Contents Classifications Stroke Curriculum Mapping Inherited Diseases End of life care Links Bamford classification News End of life care Stroke Trials Stroke Workforce Stroke Services Stroke Mimics Subdural haematoma Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) Bells Palsy Brain Tumours Encephalitis Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome Functional disorders Cogan Syndrome Multiple sclerosis Acute Care and Complications Prehospital care Hyperacute care Drugs used Thrombolysis Thrombectomy Brain Herniation syndromes Cerebral oedema Malignant MCA syndrome Complications Hydrocephalus Feeding after stroke Venousthromboembolism and Stroke Stroke Rehabilitation Spasticity Pharmacology and Drugs Drugs used in Stroke Antiplatelet Drugs DOACs (Direct Oral Anticoagulants) Antihypertensives Surgical Management Surgery for Ischaemic stroke Surgery for Haemorrhagic stroke Surgery for Carotid Disease Cases Vision Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5

Pages in Alphabetical Order

Pages by Topics

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Giant cell arteritis

H

I

L

M

N

P

R

S

T

V

W

Basic Sciences

Background

Symptoms

Ischaemic Aetiology

Inherited causes of stroke

Haematological causes of stroke

Vasculopathies

Cardiac causes of Stroke Disease

Haemorrhagic Stroke

Diagnostics

Strokes by Location

Miscellaneous

Stroke Mimics

Acute Care and Complications

Pharmacology and Drugs

Surgical Management

Cases

Last updated: 17/11/2018

Note: The plan is to keep the website free through donations and advertisers that do not present any conflicts of interest. I am keen to advertise courses and conferences. If you have found the site useful or have any constructive comments please write to me at drokane (at) gmail.com. I keep a list of patrons to whom I am indebted who have contributed. If you would like to advertise a course or conference then please contact me directly for costs and to discuss a sponsored link from this site.

LEGAL ADVICE
The contents are under continuing development and improvements and may contain errors of omission or fact. The official launch will be at the end of 2018. Feedback vital and always welcome at drokane at gmail.com. This is not to be used for the assessment, diagnosis or management of patients. It should not be regarded as medical advice. It is only for educational purposes. Please adhere to your local protocols. If you are unwell please seek healthcare advice from your doctor. This does not replace senior or specialist advice. If you do not accept this then please do not use the website. If you need medical advice, please consult a doctor or other appropriate medical professional. If you are a medical professional and you need advice then speak to your senior or colleagues.

Hits

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z