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1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Stroke incidence throughout adulthood
4. Stroke incidence in young adults
5. Common neurologic disorders of young adulthood
6. Stroke subtypes across the lifespan
7. Risk factor prevalence in young adult patients
8. Genetic causes of stroke
9. Subtypes of ischemic stroke mechanism
10. Categories of causes of ischemic stroke
11. Selected causes of accelerated atherosclerosis
12. Selected inflammatory arteriopathies
13. Selected noninflammatory arteriopathies
14. Vasospasm and abnormal vasoregulation
15. Cardiac embolism
16. Transcardiac embolism
17. Hypercoagulation and hematologic disease (1)
18. Hypercoagulation and hematologic disease (2)
19. MELAS disorder
20. Intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults
21. Clinical features of SAH in young adults
22. Differential diagnosis of SAH in the young adult
23. Work-up of the young stroke patient
24. History
25. Physical examination
26. Laboratory evaluation: standard
27. Laboratory tests: vasculitis
28. Hypercoagulable state initial screening
29. Cardiac evaluation
30. Brain parenchyma imaging
31. Aortocervicocerebral vessel imaging
32. Additional tests in select cases
33. Prognosis in the young adult stroke patient
34. Treatment: distinctive aspects
35. Summary
36. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Strokes in young adults: 3% of all adult strokes
• Stroke subtypes across the lifespan
• Risk factor prevalence
• Genetic causes of stroke
• Ischemic stroke mechanism subtypes in young adults
• Selected inflammatory arteriopathies
• Arteriopathies due to vasospasm and abnormal vasoregulation
• Cardiac embolism
• Transcardiac embolism
• Hypercoagulable states and hematologic disease
• Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes (MELAS)
• Intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults
• Clinical features
• Differential diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage in the young adult
• Work-up of the young stroke patient
• Laboratory tests
• Cardiac evaluation
• Imaging
• Additional tests
• Prognosis
• Treatment: diverse

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Series:

• Cerebrovascular Disease

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on October 27, 2008
• Archived on March 30, 2021

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Jeffrey Saver has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.