Stroke Medicine

The third edition of Stroke Medicine provides an up-to-date and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care, from acute care to rehabilitation and secondary prevention. It incorporates the considerable advances in the treatment of stroke that have occurred since the second edition was published, including totally rewritten sections on acute stroke care. Richly illustrated with numerous figures and tables, the book is designed as a practical handbook of stroke care for clinicians and other healthcare professionals.

About the Author

Hugh Markus is Professor of Stroke Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a consultant neurologist and stroke physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He was previously Professor of Neurology at St. George's Hospital, London. He divides his time between working in a busy comprehensive stroke service, and research. His main research interests are in cerebral small vessel disease and vascular cognitive impairment, and stroke genetics. Dr Anthony Pereira trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and in neurology in London. He is a consultant neurologist and stroke physician at St. George's Hospital, London. He chairs the UK neurology and stroke Specialty Advisory Committees on training matters and helps run a large neurology and stroke training programme at St. George's. Geoffrey Cloud is Professor of Stroke Medicine in the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University and Director of Stroke Services at Alfred Health in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously a consultant stroke physician at St. George's Hospital, London. Outside of stroke service quality improvement, his published research interests include large clinical stroke trials of acute stroke care, novel interventions to improve recovery after stroke and understanding the needs of stroke carers.