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Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Patrick D Lyden

    1. Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA

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  • 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

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Ischemic Penumbra and Cell Survival

    • Patrick D. Lyden
    Pages 1-25

  3. 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, Frank C. Barone
    Pages 27-64

  4. Combination of Thrombolytic Therapy with Antithrombotics and Neuroprotectants

    • Andrew D. Barreto, James C. Grotta
    Pages 65-80

  5. Pilot and Preliminary Studies of Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke

    • Steven R. Levine, E. Clarke Haley, Patrick D. Lyden
    Pages 81-94

  6. Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of Large, Randomized Clinical Trials

    • Edward C. Jauch, Christine Holmstedt
    Pages 95-111

  7. Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke

    • Anthony J. Furlan, Randall Higashida, Irene Katzan, Andrew Russman
    Pages 113-133

  8. Mechanical Revascularization with Embolectomy Devices

    • Paula Eboli, Michael Schiraldi, Michael J. Alexander
    Pages 135-147

  9. Combination of Intravenous t-PA and Endovascular Therapy

    • Joseph P. Broderick, Blake A. Smith
    Pages 149-163

  10. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke and the Test of Time

    • Patrick D. Lyden
    Pages 165-179

  11. How to Run an Effective Code Stroke

    • Jeffrey A. Switzer, Askiel Bruno
    Pages 181-194

  12. Telestroke: Delivery and Design

    • Konrad H. Schlick, Brett C. Meyer
    Pages 195-226

  13. The Impact of Neuroimaging on Acute Stroke Treatment: Role of Computed Tomography

    • Rüdiger von Kummer
    Pages 227-250

  14. The Impact of Neuroimaging on Acute Stroke Treatment: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    • Peter D. Schellinger, Martin Köhrmann
    Pages 251-270

  15. The rt-PA for Acute Stroke Protocol

    • John Marler, Patrick D. Lyden
    Pages 271-283

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 285-356
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About this book

Thrombolytic therapy is finally starting to reach 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 Neuro hospital Medicine physicians. Increasingly, non-neurologists use thrombolytic therapy. This is a significant advancement since the 2nd edition to Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke published, creating a significant need for a 3rd edition. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke, 3rd edition will be a practical and thorough reference to all those caring for acute stroke patients. Extensively updated from previous editions, new data and cases will provide guidance to this most effective stroke treatment. This text will be of great interest to physicians, residents and advanced practice nurses who treat acute stroke patients.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA

    Patrick D Lyden

About the editor

Patrick D. Lyden, MD, FAAN Department of Neurology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke

  • Editors: Patrick D Lyden

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07575-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07574-7Published: 16 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37644-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07575-4Published: 04 December 2014

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 356

  • Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Cardiology, Internal Medicine

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