ESO BLOG – THE VOICE OF STROKE IN EUROPE
The Official Blog of the European Stroke Organisation
YSPR Editors: Diana Aguiar De Sousa and Linxin Li
Call for Bids ESO Summer School 2022
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...
read moreESO Department to Department Visit Report – Silvia Chirobocea
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...
read moreBundle of care to improve outcomes after intracerebral haemorrhage: as easy as ABC?
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...
read moreCall for Venue for ESOC 2022 and ESOC 2023
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...
read moreIs it all about genes?
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...
read moreNeurotechnology Improves Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation in Severe Chronic Stroke
By Peter Vanacker, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium Upper limb motor deficits in severe stroke survivors often remain unresolved. In contrast with mildly and moderately impaired stroke victims, survivors with severe deficits show often unpredictable and negligible...
read moreEuropean Stroke Action Plan Implementation: First Steering Committee meeting held in Munich
Munich, 29 August 2019 The first Steering Committee meeting for implementation of the European Stroke Action Plan (ESAP) took place in Munich. The Steering Committee's main tasks include defining a strategic framework, identifying the key performance indicators (KPI)...
read moreSometimes Age Doesn’t Matter
By Dr Linxin Li, Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, UK Mr X was referred to our TIA clinic last month. He is in his late-60s. Although retired, he has remained active in life. He has known...
read moreESOC 2021 Helsinki, Finland
ESOC 2021 - Helsinki ESO is proud to announce the 2021 ESO Conference (ESOC) will be hosted by Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) Neurocenter in Helsinki, Finland. ESOC2021 will take place at Expo and Convention Centre Messukeskus Helsinki. Further details will be...
read moreGenealogy of Aneurysms
Comment Authors: Renato Oliveira, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: CCM Zuurbier, JP Greving, GJE Rinkel, YM Ruigrok. 2019; Higher risk of intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid...
read moreTenecteplase – a new hope?
Alteplase is the cornerstone of acute ischemic stroke pharmacological treatment, either alone or prior to mechanical thrombectomy.
read moreESO Department to Department Visit Report – Răzvan Alexandru Radu
By Răzvan Alexandru Radu, Resident Neurologist, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania 10-23 June, 2019ESO Department to Department Visit Programme 2019Host Institution: Stroke Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron Barcelona First of all I would like to...
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