Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: How to€Prepare for€the€Exam; Introduction; Registering for€the€Exam; Day of€Exam; Exam Format; Preparing for€the€Test; MOC Fellowship Waiver; Chapter 2: Initial Stroke Evaluation; Introduction; Expedited History and€Physical (in the€ Emergency Department); Chief Complaint (Obtained from€Either the€Patient, Family, or EMS); History of€Presenting Illness; Past Medical History; Medications; Family History; Social History; Allergies; Review of€Systems; Physical Examination; Laboratory Studies; Imaging; Management

Atrial Fibrillation Sick Sinus Syndrome; Treatment of€Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation; Patent Foramen Ovale; Other Cardiac Conditions; Transesophageal Echo Examples; Suggested Reading; Chapter 10: Genetic Stroke Syndromes; Introduction; Suggested Reading; Chapter 11: Special Populations; Introduction; Pediatric Stroke; Congenital Heart Disease; Vasculopathies of€Childhood; Intracerebral Hemorrhage in€Children; Workup for€Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke; Management of€Acute Pediatric Stroke; Other Conditions; Young Adults; Pregnancy; Warfarin in€Pregnancy

Chapter 3: Vascular Neuroanatomy Introduction; Blood Brain Barrier; Structures; Vessel Formation and€Structure; Anterior Circulation Anatomy; Posterior Circulation Anatomy; Collateral Circulation; Cerebral Venous System; Spinal Cord Vasculature; Suggested Reading; Chapter 4: Stroke Syndromes; Introduction; Localization Tips; Anterior Circulation Syndromes; Posterior Circulation Syndromes; Thalamic Syndromes; Malignant Strokes (Fig.€4-9); Suggested Reading; Chapter 5: Epidemiology and€Risk Factors; Introduction; Epidemiology; Nonmodifiable Risk Factors

Modifiable Risk FactorsSuggested Reading; Chapter 6: Stroke Pathophysiology; Introduction; Normal Hemostasis, Energy, and€Volume€Regulation; Cellular Response to€Cerebral Ischemia; Cerebral Autoregulation; Disrupted Cerebral Autoregulation; Mechanisms of€Secondary Injury; Suggested Reading; Chapter 7: Classification of€Stroke; Introduction; Classifications of€Ischemia; Plaque Formation; 5) Stroke of€Other Determined Etiology; Immune-Mediated Disease; Noninflammatory Vasculopathies; Inflammatory Vasculopathy (Vasculitis); Large Artery Vasculitis; Medium Artery Vasculitis

Small to€Medium Artery Vasculitis Microcirculation; Infectious Vasculitis; Suggested Reading; Chapter 8: Stroke Treatment and€Management; Introduction; Acute Stroke Treatment; IV tPA; Blood Pressure Management in€Acute Stroke Setting; Telemedicine, "Drip and€Ship"; Endovascular Treatment; In-Hospital Stroke Management; Antiplatelet Agents for€Secondary Stroke Prevention; Carotid Endarterectomy; Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS); Carotid Dissection; Sympathetic Pathway and€Horner's Syndrome; Management of€Risk Factors; Suggested Reading; Chapter 9: Clinical Cardiology; Introduction

This concise, yet comprehensive review covers the diagnostic and treatment information needed for the vascular neurology board exam. The assembled material is easy-to-read with chapters emphasizing clinically relevant scientific principles that must be mastered by the stroke clinician. Neurology, vascular neurology and neuro-critical care residents and fellows will find this text to be an invaluable preparation guide and a succinct source to complement treatment guidelines and protocols.