As primary source of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation, the left atrial appendage (LAA) qualifies as a target for mechanical interventions for stroke prevention.1 In particular for patients at high bleeding risk, local therapies, which exclude the LAA from the systemic circulation, offer a treatment alternative to oral anticoagulation for cardioembolic stroke prevention.
Comment Authors: Sofia Grenho Rodrigues, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: Wouters A., Dupont P., et al. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging to identify stroke onset within 6 h in patients with large vessel occlusions. European Stroke Journal 2018. doi: 10.1177/2396987317753486 Mechanical trombectomy is of […]
*** DEADLINE APPROACHING *** Call for applications for our Department-to-Department visiting programme until 28 February 2018 The ESO Department to Department Visit Programme is a grant of 1,000 EUR offered to up to 8 young physicians and researchers to support a short visit of 1 week or as a contribution to a longer visit to […]
A group of Angels consultants from Europe visited Prof.Nguyen Hng Thang in the 115 People’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Prof.Thang and his team treat nearly 12,000 stroke patients per year. The hospital joined the Angels Initiative 10 months ago. Within this time the hospital implemented the Angels Checklists, start using the Stroke […]
Faculty and participants of the 5th ESO ESMINT ESNR Stroke Winter School in Bern Report Submitted by: Urs Fischer, Pasquale Mordasini, Jan Gralla, Simon Jung The 5th ESO ESMINT ESNR Stroke Winter School was held in Bern, Switzerland from the 30th January to 2nd of February 2018. The local organizing committee were Prof. Jan Gralla, […]
Strategic Plan Summary Introduction Across Europe, stroke accounts for over 1 million deaths each year. The risk of death due to stroke varies substantially between countries, and is more than three times higher in central and eastern Europe than in northern, southern and western Europe. The vision of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) is to […]
By Kailash Krishnan MRCP, PhD, Stroke, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK A study analysed pitfalls in the diagnosis of cerebellar infarction in a busy emergency department (1) and the following example: a 67 year old lady presented with rapid onset dizziness and vomiting and on examination was […]
by Prof. Dr. Anita Arsovska, ESO member I have met Prof. Dr. med. Christian Gerloff, FEAN, FESO during my study visit at the Stroke Unit, Clinic of Neurology at UKE Hamburg, Germany. Prof. Gerloff is Head of the Clinic and Polyclinic of Neurology and an active Fellow of the European Stroke Organization. He leads the […]
The majority of the ESO EAST (Enhancing and Accelerating Stroke Treatment) Steering Committee met yesterday at the ISC in Los Angeles CA. Members who weren`t attending the ISC were able to phone in for a truly international discussion. ESO EAST initiated in 2015 is the first comprehensive programme of improving stroke care in Europe. ESO […]