Navigating the complexities of stroke

1 Introduction: Why Is Stroke So Important? 1 --

2 What Does the Brain Look Like and How Does It Work? 9 --

3 How Does the Body Bring Blood to the Brain? The Anatomy of the Heart and Brain-Supplying Blood Vessels 37 --

4 What Is a Stroke? What Are the Different Kinds of Stroke? 48 --

5 What Are the Medical Conditions That Cause Strokes? 60 --

6 Strokes and Cerebrovascular Conditions in the Young 79 --

7 What Are the Different Symptoms of Stroke? What Abnormalities Do Doctors Look for and Find in Stroke Patients? 87 --

8 What Are the Risk Factors for Stroke and How Can They Be Reduced? 101 --

9 How Can Doctors Tell What Caused the Stroke? What Tests Are Used to Evaluate Individuals Who May Have Had a Stroke? 124 --

10 What Treatments Are Available to Treat Acute Stroke Patients? 147 --

11 Complications 158 --

12 What Are Some of the Dysfunctions, Disabilities, and Handicaps That Remain after a Stroke? 167 --

13 How Does Recovery from Stroke Occur? How Can Recovery Be Improved? What Is Rehabilitation? Where Is It Performed and by Whom? 184 --

14 How Does One Person's Stroke Affect Others? 196 --

15 What Does the Future Hold? 203 --

16 Case Summaries 211 --

17 Planning for Your Future: Managing Your Personal Affairs / Murray Sagsveen Sagsveen, Murray, Laurie Hanson Hanson, Laurie 218.