IRENE COST Action Meeting Report to ESO by Anita Arsovska, FESO The Management Committee Meeting of IRENE COST Action took place in Chisinau, Moldova, 16th-17th of September 2019, hosted by Prof. Stanislav Groppa, attended by 46 delegates from 26 countries (many FESO and ESO-EAST representatives), chaired and co-chaired by Prof. Robert Mikulik and Prof. Natan […]
Committee Members In Photo L-R: Luzia Balmer, Urs Fischer, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Jelena Misita, Valeria Caso – Advisor, Martin Dichgans, Bo Norrving – Advisor, Hanne Christensen, Cristina Tiu, Robert Mikulik, Markus Wagner, Francesca Romana Pezzella, Grethe Lunde, Bart van der Worp (not pictured) One year after the publication of the Stroke Action Plan for […]
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By: Dr Inna Lutsenko, Department of Online Education, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Hospital 1, Vascular Neurology Department. Introduction Among the rare stroke etiologies, vasculitis caused by infection is important as it is potentially modifiable. Multiple bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa have been reported as causes of central nervous system vasculitis, particularly in […]
The ESO annual Stroke Summer School is a prestigious educational event for stroke trainees throughout Europe. It has an internationally renowned teaching faculty drawn from the ESO membership. It has been responsible in recent years for developing and encouraging important future leaders in clinical stroke care and research. We are seeking bids from individual institutions […]
Name: Silvia Chirobocea, Municipal Emergency Hospital Moinesti, Bacau Hosting department : INSELSPITAL, BERN, SWITZERLAND Supervisor: Prof Dr. Urs Fischer To Whom It May Concern First of all I would like to say that I am very grateful to ESO and to Prof. Urs Fischer for giving me the opportunity to visit the Stroke Unit in […]
Author: Dr Tom Moullaali, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh; George Institute for Global Health, Sydney. twitter: @tom_moullaali Can we improve outcomes after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) by adopting an approach of early active management with a combination of evidence-based treatments? ICH has the poorest prognosis of the stroke subtypes – ~40% of patients […]
To all ESO Members ESO is proud to announce the Call for Venue nominations for the 2022 and 2023 European Stroke Organisation Conferences (ESOC). Choosing a venue for a future conference has political, financial and logistical implications and hence requires careful consideration. ESO has created a process, applying democratic principles and transparency. ESO cordially invites […]
By: Dr Nicolas Martinez-Majander, Affiliation: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland A 44-year-old woman with no comorbidities was admitted to the emergency due to a slowly progressive vertigo and mild left sensorimotor hemiparesis. She is a mother of three, never-smoker, and exercising frequently. She had just returned from maternal leave and had noticed some […]