Stroke is the leading cause of neurological morbidity and mortality and the third leading cause of mortality worldwide. In spite of several advances over the past two decades in acute stroke management, stroke prevention and neuroprotection, there is no clear consensus in any of the areas of diagnosis and management. The complex interplay between treatment modalities and the individual patient makes each case quite unique and physicians need to walk the tightrope of balancing the subtle and complicated see-saw of evidence and experience-based medicine. This book has contributions by a group of internationally recognized experts who have written extensively on strategies of 'thinking out of the box while not discarding the current evidence'. The authors have taken their expertise and experience into account while formulating the best practice recommendations fully recognizing that guidelines fall short and there is a continued need to synthesize current best practice opinion with individualized medicine. This book offers a rational approach to the current diagnosis and treatment of stroke that individual physicians can apply to their practice.

Contributions by: V.C.S. Srinivasarao Bandaru, Ashi Bhasin, Rohit Bhatia, Pratik Bhattacharya, Dr. Louis R. Caplan, Seemant Chaturvedi, Marc Fisher, Philip B. Gorelick