Author: Xabier Urra, Functional Unit of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain Most people are well aware of the vast importance of behavioral factors and a proper control of vascular risk factors for the prevention of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. However, this does not always translate to health habits such as stopping smoking or […]
“Stroke patients in England set to receive revolutionary new treatment” Read the full article from the NHS England.
Thanks to the dedication of the many individual volunteers involved in the Conference Planning Group, Conference Support Group and Local Planning Committee, the ESO is pleased to present the ESOC 2017 Faculty. The ESOC 2017 Faculty is comprised of more than 200 individuals working to reduce the burden of stroke all over the world.
The Modified Rankin Scale and Ordinal Logistic Regression Author: Else Charlotte Sandset, Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Since stroke is the second leading cause of disability worldwide, level of disability or dependence is naturally of interest in stroke research. There are many scales measuring different aspects of disability or dependence, however the most […]
Comment Author: Antje Schmidt, Department of Neurology, University of Munster, Germany Original Article: WardatiMazlan-Kepli et al. 2016. “Antiplatelet therapy following ischaemic stroke – Continue or change pre-existing therapy?” European Stroke Journal. Vol 2, Issue 1, pp. 31 – 36. Antiplatelet therapy is broadly used for primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease. Accordingly, a meaningful […]
Raad Shakir and Bo Norrving, ESJ Editor, have received confirmation from the WHO Statistics and Informatics Department responsible for ICD11 of their final decision that cerebrovascular diseases should be placed under Diseases of the Nervous System in the upcoming ICD 11. The decision reverses the erroneous placement of cerebrovascular diseases in Diseases of the Circulatory […]
The 6th conference of Azerbaijan neurologists was held on March 16-17, 2017 at the Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors named after A.Aliyev (ASATID). In the first part of the first day of the conference, Professor RK Shiraliyeva delivered a lecture on the challenges and mistakes made in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Then […]
The ESO is thankful for the consistent support and collaboration received from our Industry Round Table (IRT) members. Twice a year, we have the chance to gather the IRT for a face-to-face round table discussion. Recently, we met several IRT members in Houston at the ISC. The ESO presented IRT members with information on ongoing […]
ESO Stroke Summer School Application Deadline: 31 March 2017 The 2017 ESO Stroke Summer School will take place in Larissa, Greece from 11. – 15. September 2017. During one week, stroke specialists from Europe provide their expert knowledge to young physicians with a major interest in cerebrovascular diseases. The ESO Summer School usually bears costs […]