We are happy to report that the European Stroke Journal, the scientific journal of the ESO, is developing very well: the number of submitted manuscripts is growing, ESJ is now in Web of Science and in Scopus, and is awaiting full PubMed approval. We hope you are all pleased with the high quality content. The […]
Authors: Dr. Luca Mengozzi luca.mengozzi(at)fnkv.cz and Dr. Laurent Puy LAURENT.PUY(at)HOTMAIL.FR Edinburgh, the place to be for young stroke fell(ow)as Edinburgh, a breath-taking city, full of life and splendid architecture, a fascinating place rich of hills, cobbled streets, welcoming pubs and history. Scottish heaven! That’s exactly where we experienced for the first time our stroke winter school. […]
2018 was an incredibly successful year for the RES-Q project, with new countries joining the initiative, new results from participating countries, and new functionality added to the registry. Since launching in 2016, RES-Q has provided more than 6000 reports directly to hospitals and national stroke societies, allowing for timely, in-depth monitoring of stroke care quality. […]
Johannes Kaesmacher, University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern and Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Departamento de Neurociências, Hospital de Santa Maria Original article Patient selection is a key issue when planning and performing randomized controlled trials (RCT), because the treatment effect observed and, logically, the sample size required to detect this effect […]
Author: Dr Jatinder S. Minhas, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. This brief clinical review was prompted following a recent study by Oudeman et al.1 European Stroke Journal 2018. A 73 year old white male presents to his GP following a period of “confusion and forgetfulness”. He […]
The ESO Guidelines Board aims to provide guidelines that follow the highest standards and present all relevant evidence on a particular clinical issue in order to help physicians to weigh the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Guidelines are helpful in everyday clinical medical decision-making. ESO maintains an open directory of […]
We are pleased to announce that ESO Stroke Summer School 2021 will be hosted in Birmingham, UK. The ESO Stroke Summer School is a flagship event for ESO and a prestigious educational meeting for stroke trainees throughout Europe. The primary goal of the stroke summer school is to increase knowledge of cerebrovascular disease in physicians in […]
In 2019 the PR Committee will interview an ESO Fellow (FESO) to feature in the newsletter each month. To qualify as an FESO, members must demonstrate scientific quality and a willingness to actively volunteer in ESO. There are no age requirements, but FESO must meet minimum standards. FESO receive additional benefits, including participation in the […]
Authors: Giuseppe Reale (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy), Peter Vanacker (University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium) If you did not know, Bern is famous for the UNESCO-recognized medieval center, the bears, the Zytglogge, Einstein, the Aare river and –obviously– the high-quality stroke comprehensive center of the Bernese Inselspital. While you are reading, inside the […]