V monografii vpervye poluchili obobshchenie sovremennye predstavleniya o prichinakh i mekhanizmakh obostreniya sosudistykh zabolevaniy serdtsa i mozga. Problema vnezapnogo izmeneniya techeniya zabolevaniya rassmatrivaetsya v slozhnoy vzaimosvyazi dinamicheskikh protsessov, sozdayushchikh usloviya dlya vozniknoveniya avtokataliticheskikh mekhanizmov katastroficheskogo razvitiya sobytiy. Dopolnenie traditsionnykh vzglyadov na techenie ishemicheskoy bolezni serdtsa i mozga elementami dinamicheskogo analiza, delaet monografiyu interesnoy kak dlya issledovateley, tak i dlya prakticheskikh vrachey. Kniga orientirovana na nevrologov, kardiologov, vrachey obshchey praktiki, prepodavateley meditsinskikh VUZov.