Amazon.com description: Product Description: Supplement Issue: Cerebrovascular Diseases 1999, Vol. 9, Suppl. 4 This 'handbook' presents the main practical knowledge on specific management strategies for stroke prevention as they can be applied in general practice. To make it simpler and more attractive, the issues discussed are presented in the format of practical questions, which also try to emphasize consensus and controversies, whenever/wherever present. General practitioners and all physicians dealing with stroke patients will find answers to questions about different types of strokes, warning symptoms and about their effects and risk factors. Which tests can help in the diagnosis of stroke? From the introduction to the management of stroke the topics move on to the epidemiology of stroke, diabetes, carotid surgery and stroke services.