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YSPR CAREER MENTORING WORKSHOP ESOC 2019
By Else Charlotte Sandset and Peter Vanacker from the YSPR committee. We are well into the preparations for the YSPR career mentoring workshop at ESOC in Milan in May next year. At the workshop you will have the opportunity to get constructive feedback on a current or planned protocol from stroke experts. The best presentation […]
ESJ Comment: Secondary prevention of stroke
Original research article: “Availability of secondary prevention services after stroke in Europe: An ESO/SAFE survey of national scientific societies and stroke experts” European Stroke Journal DOI: 10.1177/2396987318816136 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2396987318816136 Secondary prevention of stroke: never too late Comment by Linxin Li Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability […]
Angels Initiative Wins 2018 EFPIA Award
EFPIA Service Delivery Award ESO is proud to announce that the Angels Initiative won the 2018 Service Delivery award from European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The EFPIA awards its annual health collaborative awards to recognise collaborative projects that have demonstrated benefits for patients across Europe. More than 80 European projects across Europe […]
Elevated troponin in acute ischemic stroke – a matter of debate?
Author: Dr. med. Antje Schmidt-Pogoda, Universitätsklinikum Münster With respect to high prognostic relevance,1 international guidelines recommend the measurement of troponin in all patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke.2 However, high-sensitivity troponin is elevated in 20-55% of acute stroke patients,3 many of whom without thrombotic acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Therefore, the management of stroke patients with […]
Prominent Members Under 45: Interview with George Ntaios
For 2018, via the ESO newsletter, we are focusing the spotlight on prominent ESO members under 45. In January we introduced you to Georgios K. Tsivgoulis. For February, we learned more about Else Charlotte Sandset. In March we presented Urs Fischer. In April you met Charlotte Cordonnier. Hopefully you were able to meet some of […]
Is there a value of intra-arterial thrombolysis in the era of modern stroke thrombectomy?
By Johannes Kaesmacher, MD, University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern and Urs Fischer, MD MSc, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern Intra-arterial prourokinase was one of the first endovascular stroke treatment regimens to be investigated in a systematic manner1. Sixteen years later, multiple trials have shown an overwhelming benefit of endovascular […]
ESO Announces Guideline Development Workshop at ESOC 2019
ESO is interested to provide its members’ guidelines that follow the highest standards. Therefore, on a regular basis, ESO performs workshops where the process of the ESO Guidelines development is discussed. The next Guideline Development Workshop will take place on May 21st 2019, the pre-conference day of the ESOC 2019 in Milan. If you are […]
ESO Department to Department Visit Programme Report – Natalia Andrzejewska
Host Institution: Stroke Center, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland Home Institution: Department of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disorders, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland Thanks to the support of European Stroke Organisation I was able to visit Stroke Centre in Inselspital, Bern – place with great tradition in participating in major stroke trials as well as students […]
