Ischemic Stroke, Arterio-Occlusive Diseases and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)
There is an excess of 13.7 million strokes per year globally. Globally, there are more than eighty million people currently alive who have had a stroke. Its management, cost and morbidity have a huge social and economic impact on families, societies and countries. Stroke has important predisposing factors that need to be addressed for stroke prevention. Time is a very important factor in the management of acute stroke to avoid mortality and morbidity. An early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate management, including IV thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and emergency surgical interventions (decompression or revascularization), are utterly precious for reasonable outcomes. This chapter will discuss the pathophysiology, presentation, imaging, principles of medical and surgical management, and prevention of ischemic stroke. This chapter will also outline a short discussion of atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, cerebral arterial dissection and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
