Fig. 11.1 Acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), appearing as a hyperdense (bright) lesion on computed tomography (CT) scan In some cases the blood may extend into the ventricles or, less commonly,…

Fig. 5.1 Examples of performance on clinical tests of neglect (patient’s performance is in red throughout). (a) Figure copying from the Behavioral Inattention Test [11] and clock drawing. (b) Line…

Fig. 14.1 MR images from a 48-year-old woman with a near occlusion in the left internal carotid artery and an acute stroke. Top left: Diffusion-weighted image (DWI) shows an area…

Fig. 2.1 Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) for acute ischemic stroke. This 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department 3.5 h after the acute onset left hemiplegia. (a) Initial…

Fig. 9.1 The distinctions in long-term memory that are relevant to stroke and the primary supporting neural structures Within long-term memory, there are further divisions (see previous Definitions of Memory…

Australia a) All patients should be screened for cognitive and perceptual deficits using validated and reliable screening tools. b) Patients identified during screening as having cognitive deficits should be referred…

Country Age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 per year Canada 25.7 USA 30.4 Australia 32.6 United Kingdom 45.6 Kyrgyzstan 249.4 India 108 China 156.5 Russian Federation 228 South Africa 141.1 Nigeria…

Fig. 6.1 Algorithm for different types of aphasia based on repetition ability coupled with performance on fluency in spontaneous speech and auditory comprehension. Adapted from [61] Six of the eight…

Fig. 10.1 (a) aSAH secondary to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture. Note the characteristic accumulation of blood in the basal cisterns. (b) CT angiography illustrates the anterior communicating artery aneurysm…