title: Medical management of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: Treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease is a complex area requiring multi-level assessment and intervention. The need for urgent acute and aggressive intervention is clear. The armamentarium in stroke treatment is growing with new therapies under active investigation including thrombolytic agents, NMDA antagonists and amino acid blockers, and for radical scavengers. Very likely a multimodality medical therapy approach will evolve and the time has arrived for aggressive care of the stroke patient.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Plyler
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence