REPORT – ESO Department to Deparment Visit Programme 2019 The two-week exchange in the Department of Neurology of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Mazya was an immensely enriching experience both professionally and personally. The Karolinska University Hospital in Solna is a highly specialized academic hospital, and the only place […]
During the presidential session at ESOC 2019 in Milan, IT, 62 ESO Angels Diamond award winners were recognised in front of more than 4,000 participants. A further 300 hospitals earned an ESO Angels award this year. We congratulate all of the award winners and recognise their efforts to improve the stroke care in their hospitals. […]
Media Release Milan, 24 May 2019 The 5th annual European Stroke Organisation Conference maintains broad scope on final day with insights from acute care to multi-faceted support programmes IMPACT-24B: Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation improves outcome from Acute Ischaemic Stroke in a Dose-Dependent Manner in a subgroup of ischaemic stroke patients COMPASS MIND & NAVIGATE MIND: No […]
By: Dr Pietro Caliandro, MD, PhD, FESO, Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy At the begining of the first day of the ESO Conference an interesting section was introduced by the Chairs Heinrich Mattle and Valery Feigin on “Extracranial and Intracranial Large Vessel Disease”. The first presentation by Mike Sharma deals with […]
Thursday morning ESOC Rehabilitation Session The room was full for the scientific session on rehabilitation, despite the early hour and lack of coffee! My co-chair Prof Robin Lemmens and I were impressed by the quality of the research presented, and the diversity of speakers in career stage, gender and topic areas. The theme of the […]
ESOC 2019 Session: WOMEN AND STROKE The session started with Anita Arsovska from Macedonia who talked about specific risk factor for women. Key take away points from her presentation are listed below. Conventional risk factors in women 1) Atrial fibrillation is higher in women, women less likely to be prescribed anticoagulants, receive lower dosage of […]
By: Derya ULUDUZ, Prof. M.D., Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Neurology Department. Istanbul, Turkey The Rare Causes of Ischemic Stroke session took place on 23 May at 16.30 chaired by Dr Derya Uludüz and Dr Zdravka Poljakovic. Prof Uluduz pointed that rare causes require awareness and additional diagnostic techniques to prevent recurrences, provide future risk assessment and […]
A conversation with Francisco Moniche, stroke neurologists and researcher at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío and one of the presenters at the Young Stroke Physicians and Researchers (YSPR) session at ESOC 2019, in Milan, Italy. Francisco Moniche presented a a randomized multicenter cell therapy for acute ischemic stroke patients. Interviewed by Johannes Kaesmacher, MD, Neuroradiologist, […]
Controversies in Stroke I By: Prof. Anita Arsovska, MD, PhD, University Clinic of Neurology, Medical Faculty, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, FESO, FEAN, SAFE Board Member The 23rd of May started with a very exciting and interactive morning session from 08:15-09:45 in the Gold Room, entitled Controversies in Stroke I, […]