Introduction

Ischaemic Stroke

Vascular Anatomy

Circulation Territories

Minor Arteries

FAST

ED Procedures

Analysis of Stroke Mimics

Stroke Mimics

Non-Contrast CT

Non-Contrast CT: MCA Sign/Loss of insular ribbon

MRI

Other Tests

Introduction

ABC

Pyrexia

Hyperglycaemia

Focused Neurological Examination

Reperfusion Therapy – Thrombolysis Guidelines

Reperfusion Therapy – Evidence behind the Guidelines

Reperfusion Therapy – Concerns about the Evidence

Reperfusion Therapy – What to tell patients

Reperfusion Therapy – Who to thrombolyse

Reperfusion Therapy – Contraindications

Reperfusion Therapy – NOACs and thrombolysis

Time Benchmarks for Potential Thrombolysis

Antiplatelets

Anticoagulation

Endovascular therapy

Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct

Basilar Artery Stroke

Carotid Artery Dissection