Christine Roffe and Roland Veltkamp from UK were the chairs of this first interesting session on ICH, don’t miss the main messages summarized here! “ICH remains the most devastating presentation of stroke and documented treatment options in ICH remain scarce”. However, new knowledge is emerging, and this session will provide an overview. The first speaker, […]
The session Extracranial and Intracranial Large Vessel Disease was a very interesting and educative session chaired by Peter Ringleb and Nicola Sprigg. Marcel Arnold talked about Intracranial dissections (IAD) in the carotid or vertebral artery, he described the clinical picture and neuroimaging diagnosis, which can often be difficult. He also talked about the proposed diagnostic […]
Moyamoya, Ivy Sign, FMD, HSV-1 and VZV – Rare Causes and Stroke in the Young There couldn’t be a better reason for getting up early! The Wednesday morning-scientific communication “Rare Causes and Stroke in the Young“ offered fascinating talks on rare stroke causes that are likely to be overseen in crowded emergency rooms and stroke […]
Dr Erik Prestgaard (Norway), reports from the epidemiology session showed that there is a decreasing incidence of stroke worldwide, particularly in the elderly. In the young, stroke rates remain unchanged. Young stroke patients more often have embolic stroke of unknown source and have a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. In data from Spain, health […]
In the midst of evidence-based medicine where randomized controlled trials (RCT) are the gold standard, supplement knowledge from population-based real world studies or long-term follow-up on trial patients are still strikingly important. From a patient perspective, combined knowledge from RCTs and real world practice may guide us to advise individual patients taking into account both […]
Are men Ferraries and women Volvo’s and is this one of the reasons why women are largely underrepresented as the career makes its way towards the top of Academia? The facts are indisputable and have been shown even in blinded trials. There is a glass ceiling and even a glass cliff in some instances, Women […]
Report to ESO for the ESOTA symposium By Prof. Dr. Anita Arsovska, FESO ESO Trials Alliance Symposium entitled “Building a European research network of networks’ took place on the 15th of May, 2018 from 18:00-21:30. Peter Kelly, Chair of the ESO Trials Network opened the meeting giving an overview on ESOTA, welcomed the participants and […]
4th ESO-EAST Meeting at 4th ESOC 2018 in Gothenburg by Milan R Vosko, MD, PhD, FESO, for the ESO-EAST Steering Committee Traditionally, one day before the ESOC starts, representatives from 33 countries have met to share the progress in their countries and to exchange the experiences in stroke care improvement in their countries. ESO-EAST is […]
During the Young Stroke Physicians and Researchers (YSPR) session at ESOC 2018, four early career stroke physicians and researchers will present their planned or ongoing projects and receive feedback from two renowned stroke experts. The session will be held on Wednesday May 16 at 8.30 in Hall J2. The first speaker is Dr Jatinder Minhas […]