C miller fisher biography books
C miller fisher biography books in order
Miller fisher syndrome!
C. Miller Fisher: Stroke in the 20th Century
by Louis R. Caplan, Oxford University Press 2020
by Vladimir Hachinski
Who was the greatest contributor to the field of stroke in the 20th century?” If you answer the question, you risk displeasing somebody somewhere with a different opinion.
On being asked that question after a lecture in Moscow, I answered: “The greatest contributor to the understanding of the common causes of stroke is C. Miller Fisher.” Few would disagree.
C miller fisher biography books
He established the relationship of carotid disease to ischemic stroke, characterized the clinical and pathological feature of lacunar syndromes, and proved that atrial fibrillation can cause stroke in the absence of cardiac valvular disease.
Lou Caplan is one of Miller Fisher’s most distinguished pupils and colleagues.
He describes these and others of Miller Fisher’s contributions in historical context.
Carotid Disease
Hans Chiari in 1905 described the relationship of carotid stenosis to stroke. If t