Stroke: A Comprehensive Guide to Brain Attacks, Everything You Need to Know (Your Personal Health) - Softcover

Hachinski, Vladimir; Hachinski, Larissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552096424 ISBN 13: 9781552096420

Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Every 45 seconds someone in the United States will experience a stroke and four million Americans are living with the effects of stroke.

This important book is a timely, authoritative and highly informative resource for those who want to understand this silent and debilitating disease, whether for themselves or for someone they love.

Respected neurologist Valdimir Hachinski presents information on the leading cause of neurological disability in North America. Using case studies, diagrams and explanatory charts, this book features:

What is a stroke and what causes it
Who is at risk of a stroke
Women and stroke
What are the symptoms
How a is diagnosis made
Drugs and surgical options
Alternative options
Rehabilitation
Living with the after-effects of stroke
Preventing first and recurrent strokes
Progress in research
Table of drug names

About this title

About the Author

Vladimir Hachinski, MD, FRCP(C), MSC, DSC, is Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario and an Associate Scientist at the JP Robarts Research Institute. He is editor-in-chief of Stroke, the leading journal in the field.

Larissa Hachinski, his daughter, is a freelance writer, and used her oral history skills to interview health professionals and patients to help produce this comprehensive, clear guide to stroke.

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552096424
• ISBN 13: 9781552096420
• Binding: Paperback