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Stroke-Vascular Diseases

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker

    1. Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Clinics, Innsbruck, Austria

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  2. David J. Brooks

    1. MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa (NEURAL SUPPL, volume 63)

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Table of contents (8 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and new opportunities for treatment and prevention

    • J. Scott
    Pages 1-17

  3. Stroke: imaging and differential diagnosis

    • J. C. Baron
    Pages 19-36

  4. Stroke — acute interventions

    • W.-D. Heiss
    Pages 37-57

  5. Rehabilitation approaches to stroke

    • F. Aichner, C. Adelwöhrer, H.-P. Haring
    Pages 59-73

  6. CADASIL and genetics of cerebral ischaemia

    • R. N. Kalaria, W. C. Low, A. E. Oakley, J. Y. Slade, P. G. Ince, C. M. Morris et al.
    Pages 75-90

  7. Diagnosis and management of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

    • T. Erkinjuntti
    Pages 91-109

  8. The genetics of migraine: implication for treatment approaches

    • M. D. Ferrari, J. Haan
    Pages 111-127

  9. Does schizophrenia result from developmental or degenerative processes?

    • S. M. Church, D. Cotter, E. Bramon, R. M. Murray
    Pages 129-147
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About this book

Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of heart attacks, strokes and peripheral vascular disease, is one of the major killers in the world. By 2020 WHO statistics indicate that it will be the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in both the industrialised world and the underdeveloped world. The disease develops slowly over many years in the innermost layer of large and medium-sized arteries (Fig. 1) (Scott, 1995; Ross, 1999; Naumova and Scott, 2000; Glass and Witztum, 2001; Libby, 2001). It does not usually become manifest before the fourth of fifth decade, but then often strikes with devas­ tating suddenness. Fifty per cent of individuals still die (25 per cent immedi­ ately) from their first heart attack; and morbidity from coronary heart disease and stroke is very significant. The disease has a profound impact on health­ care services and on industrial economies. The lesions of atherosclerosis Autopsy studies show that in humans atherosclerosis begins in the first and second decade of life. A similar disease can be produced in experimental animals, where diet and genetics can be manipulated to produce identical lesions. The earliest lesions are fatty streaks. These consist of an accumulation of lipid-engorged macrophages (foam cells) and T and B lymphocytes in the arterial intima. With time, the fatty streaks progress to intermediate lesions, composed of foam cells and smooth muscle cells.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Clinics, Innsbruck, Austria

    W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker

  • MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    David J. Brooks

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stroke-Vascular Diseases

  • Editors: W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, David J. Brooks

  • Series Title: Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6137-1

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-83867-9Published: 07 November 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-83866-2Published: 07 November 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-6137-1Published: 01 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0303-6995

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 154

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Medicine

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