The 7 Domain groups are now confirmed and 77 persons have been invited to update the 2006 Helsingborg Declaration. Each Domain Group works on its allocated topic and we expect to have a first draft ready in December 2017. The Draft manuscript will then be available for public comments late February 2018, just before the […]
Comment Authors: Daniela Pimenta Silva, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: McMeekin P., White P., Martin AJ., et al 2017. Estimating the number of UK stroke patients eligible for endovascular thrombectomy. European Stroke Journal. doi: 10.1177/2396987317733343 Implementation of mechanical thrombectomy in clinical practice: defining […]
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the moldovan steering committee of the ESO-EAST and RES-Q project, I am pleased to inform you that during October 02-05, 2017, in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, were held the 6th Congress of Neurologists and Neurosurgeons as well as the first scientific forum of the European Academy of Neurology – EAN-Day. Over […]
The treatment of stroke on the island of Elba The island of Elba is the main island of the Tuscan archipelago in the Tyrrhenian sea, 20 km from the Italian coast. This is a very popular international touristic destination. The island has a resident population of 30,000 inhabitants that in the periods of maximum tourist […]
World Stroke Day 29th October 2017 Approximately 17 million people worldwide have a stroke each year, and there are 26 million stroke survivors living around us. Projection data suggested that by 2035, an additional 1 million people in the EU would have had a stroke, a 25% increase from 2015. In addition to the […]
Comment Authors: Daniela Pimenta Silva, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: Flynn D., Francis R., Halvorsrud K., et al 2017. Intra-arterial mechanical thrombectomy stent retrievers and aspiration devices in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial […]
Geography Matters – Inequalities in Access to Stroke Care and Innovation in Europe Depending on where you live in the EU, you could be seven times less likely to survive a stroke. How can we end the stroke care lottery? Speakers at this event hosted by MEP Aldo Patriciello at the European Parliament in Brussels on 10 […]
Stroke, ESO and The Economist – summary from the live global webinar ”Action on stroke – policy approaches to prevention“ ESO president Valeria Caso was invited as a panellist to The Economist – live global webinar ”Action on stroke – policy approaches to prevention“, which took place on 21 September 2017. The webinar chaired by […]
Report by Francesco Corea, Neurologist/Stroke Physician at San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy In the autumn 2016, starting on August 24th, the internal valleys of the Appenines mountains in the counties of L’Aquila, Ascoli, Macerata, Perugia and Rieti were affected by earthquakes magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale and above. New earthquakes in the area […]