腦血管研究是一個發展迅速的領域，其獨特之處在于它涉及到神經學、內科學、外科學、放射學、流行病學、心臟病學、血液學、心理學和康復等多種專業。_腦血管病_是一個新的國際論壇，它滿足了日益增長的對臨床數據、診斷測試和治療問題的復雜、最新科學信息的需求，涉及中風和腦血管疾病的各個方面。它包括最初的貢獻、對選定主題和臨床調查研究的審查、最近的會議報告和正在進行的工作以及對有爭議問題的討論。所有與臨床進展相關的方面都被考慮在內，而如果與臨床問題直接相關，則會出現純粹的實驗性工作。

A rapidly-growing field, cerebrovascular research is unique in that it involves a variety of specialties such as neurology, internal medicine, surgery, radiology, epidemiology, cardiology, hematology, psychology and rehabilitation. ?Cerebrovascular Diseasesí is a new international forum which meets the growing need for sophisticated, up-to-date scientific information on clinical data, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic issues, dealing with all aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. It contains original contributions, reviews of selected topics and clinical investigative studies, recent meeting reports and work-in-progress as well as discussions on controversial issues. All aspects related to clinical advances are considered, while purely experimental work appears if directly relevant to clinical issues.