Welcome to the Cerebrovascular Disease program home page. Cerebrovascular disease (CVD), also known as stroke, is the 3^rd leading cause of death in the U.S. At the end of this program of study you will be able to identify current mortality and morbidity statistics, distinguish between the different types of CVD, identify characteristics and causes for the different types of CVD, discuss patient management and appropriate treatments for acute stroke patients, identify cerebrovascular anatomy, and discuss the roles of various medical imaging modalities in the diagnosis and treatment of CVD.

Many of the images in this program were acquired through the courtesy of local technologists and physicians. I would like to thank the following individuals who contributed their efforts to this program: Alan Nooner, R.T.(R)(CT) and Annette Walters, R.V.T., of St. Joseph's Regional Health Center, Billy Shuffield, R.T.(R)(CV) of National Park Medical Center, Mark Parker, R.T.(R)(MR) of Hot Springs MRI Center, and for the excellent images from their respective modalities, and to Pete Barger, R.T.(R)(CT) of St. Joseph's Regional Health Center for his valuable assistance in scanning the images. I would also like to thank Drs. Cecil Cupp, Michael Hickman, Mark Robbins and Phillip Smith of Hot Springs Radiology Services, Ltd., for their generous assistance with image interpretation.