Stroke remains the third most frequent cause of death worldwide. Whilst stroke is the msot severe manifestation of acute cerebrovascular disease, the chronic forms, including vascular dementia, remain a major medical and socioeconomic problem. This volume compiles the papers presented at the first day main-theme symposium on cerebrovascular disease at the XIVth World Congress of Neurology.
Stroke remains the third most frequent cause of death worldwide. Whilst stroke is the msot severe manifestation of acute cerebrovascular disease, the chronic forms, including vascular dementia, remain a major medical and socioeconomic problem. This volume compiles the papers presented at the first day main-theme symposium on cerebrovascular disease at the XIVth World Congress of Neurology.
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Part I. Acute Cerebrovascular Disease. Neuroepidemiology of cerebrovascular disease: An overview B.P.M. Schulte. Sudden cerebral arterial occlusion H. Mochizukia, M. Tobita and K. Kogure. Treatment of acute cerebral ischemia by colloid solutions A. Hartmann, H. Lagreze, K. Broich and M. Fric. Acute intracranial venous thrombosis J.S. Chopra and S.K. Bansal. Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) J.F. Toole and W.C. Teagle. Strokes (CVD) in the young P.M. Dalal et al. Management of ischemic strokes F.M. Yatsu and J.C. Grotta. Part II. Chronic Cerebrovascular Disease. Vascular dementia: Terminology and classification C. Loeb. Pharmacologic treatment of multi-infarct dementia M.M. Cohen, L. de Toledo-Morrell and F. Morrell. Cerebral blood flow and metabolism in chronic cerebrovascular disease with emphasis on the clinical use of CBF tomography by SPECT in vascular dementia N.A. lassen and G. Waldemar. Vascular disease and dementia M. O'Brien. the assessment of multi-infarct dementia V. Hachinski. The design of clinical trials on vascular dementia R.S. Black and J.P. Blass. The management of chronic cferebral ischemia H. Lechner and R. Schmidt. Part III. Concluding Comments H. Lechner. Author index.
