The session on “Stroke Prevention and Epidemiology” provided a comprehensive review of important topics highly relevant in secondary prevention. We heard not only cutting-edge trial data, but also high quality data from prospective cohort studies. Linxin Li from Oxford reports: Although it is reassuring to hear that stroke incidence in high-income countries are decreasing, it […]
Global trends in young stroke Annika Rosengren, Sweden Stroke is mainly a disease of the elderly. In high-income countries very few stroke cases are aged less than 55 years. Conversely – in south Asia, south-east Asia and parts of Africa – many stroke cases are aged less than 45 years. These parts of the world […]
Chairs: Thompson Robinson (UK) and Mikael Mazighi (France). The session covered a broad spectrum of different topics on prehospital and intrahospital stroke management. Maria Berndt reported on thrombus permeability imaging using non-contrast CT and CT-angiography and correlated their findings with histological evaluation of thrombi. They found a positive association between thrombus permeability and fibrin-platelet-agglomerates, which […]
This scientific session on cerebral small vessel disease was fascinating, well served by 5 excellent speakers. First, Pr Frank-Erik De Leeuw, from Nijmegen in the Netherlands, illustrated how dynamic can be the progression of cSVD. He demonstrated that the disease progression is far from being linear and that in some cases, clear regression of cSVD […]
During a brief pause in today’s scientific sessions, I took the opportunity to walk through the poster hall. I have a particular interest in acute intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and was encouraged by the range of aspects of ICH care being discussed. There were several emergent themes including NOAC vs VKA bleeding associations, blood pressure in […]
by Davide Strambo A walk around the poster during the morning coffee break is another good opportunity to discover something new offered by ESOC 2018. The sector of Rehabilitation Clinical Trials is filled with many novel approaches to boost recovery after stroke, as computer Based Cognitive Rehabilitation (CBCR) for visuospatial disturbances (K. Svaerke et al.), […]
In order to prevent and decrease the devastating consequences of stroke, a clear understanding of the environmental and genomic risk factors as well as the molecular pathways involved in the occurrence and evolution of this disease is mandatory. In this respect, the application of “omic” technologies which include the universal detection of genes (genomics), mRNA […]
Although thrombectomy is the rising star in stroke neurology, intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains the most important medical therapy for the vast majority of acute ischemic stroke patients. The session, chaired by N. Wahlgren and D. Jovanovic, explored future directions of this treatment and highlighted risks and benefits in currently debated patient populations. The first speaker, […]
This interesting session, Chaired by Christian Gerloff and Svetlana Lorenzano, covered the most relevant updates on AF and cardioembolic stroke pointing out take-home messages oriented to the clinical practice. First speaker of the session, Dr. Holswilder from Leiden (The Netherlands) presented results on a single-center study aiming to evaluate the implications for therapeutic management of […]