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Ischemic Stroke and Homonymous Visual Field Defects

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Cerebrovascular diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality in developed and developing countries. The major burden of cerebrovascular diseases is due to long-term disability and economy losses. In this chapter, we describe basic epidemiology, etiology, management, treatment (intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy), and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke. Special emphasis is put on ischemic strokes in the territory of posterior cerebral artery, which represent 5–10% of all ischemic strokes. Over 90% of the patients have visual field defects. The most frequent type of visual field defect is represented by homonymous hemianopsia occurring in about three-quarters of the patients with occlusions of posterior cerebral artery.

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Ondřej Volný, Michal Haršány and Robert Mikulík are supported by project no. LQ1605, National Program of Sustainability II.

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  1. Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Volný MD

  2. Stroke Research Program, St. Anne’s University Hospital, International Clinical Research Centre, Pekarska 53, Brno, 656 91, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Volný MD

  3. International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Michal Haršány

  4. Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Stroke Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Brno, Czech Republic

    Michal Haršány

  5. Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Robert Mikulík

  6. International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

    Robert Mikulík

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Volný, O., Haršány, M., Mikulík, R. (2017). Ischemic Stroke and Homonymous Visual Field Defects. In: Skorkovská, K. (eds) Homonymous Visual Field Defects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52284-5_3

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