CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL VASOSPASM. A PRACTICAL GUIDE

A walk through any intensive care unit in the world will quickly reveal that although we have made significant strides in the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage, we still have a long way to go. As practitioners, the status quo will never be good enough. The principal challenge, we face in caring for patients after successful endovascular or microsurgical treatment of their culprit lesions is the disheartening devastation caused by delayed cerebral ischemia. It is written by clinicians, for clinicians to provide real-world information based on our current understanding of the disorder with the hope that it will lay the foundation for optimizing treatments across the world. With that goal in mind, we embark upon this journey with you.
This book is meant to support practitioners, who are in the trenches caring for these patients. This book is also meant to serve as a practical resource for all involved in the care of subarachnoid hemorrhage patients.

Key Features
- Despite prophylactic measures, multimodality detection monitoring and aggressive treatment interventions, the outcome for many can remain grim. There is no question that the etiologic heterogeneity of cerebral vasospasm mirrors the variability in its clinical management even amongst experienced providers.
- Contemporary Understanding and Management of Cerebral Vasospasm: A Practical Guide is written by clinicians, for clinicians to provide real-world information based on our current understanding of the disorder with the hope that it will lay the foundation for optimizing treatments across the world.

Contents
1. The History of Cerebral Vasospasm
2. Definitions and Epidemiology of Vasospasm
3. Recent Topics and Advances in the Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Cerebral
Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
4. The Pathophysiology and Pathology of Cerebral Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
5. Imaging of Vasospasm: The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage-Related Vasospasm
6. Imaging of Vasospasm: CT, CTA and CTP Correlated with Digital Subtracted Angiography in
Cerebral Vasospasm
7. Imaging of Vasospasm: Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Imaging: Detecting Intracerebral
Arterial Vasospasm
8. Medical Management of Vasospasm
9. Electroencephalogram Monitoring of Vasospasm
10. Anesthesia for Neurointerventional Surgery
11. Practical Microsurgical and Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm
12. Special Populations
13. Appendix
14. Abbreviations
15. Index