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Stroke services have been centralised in several countries in recent years. Diagnosing acute stroke is challenging and a high proportion of patients admitted to stroke units are diagnosed as a [...]

Compared with ischaemic stroke (IS), the association of atrial fibrillation (AF) with transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is less well established. The authors of this study  (Stroke,December 2016) [...]

It was recently demonstrated that cerebral microinfarcts (CMIs) can be detected in vivo using 3.0 tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging. The authors investigated the prevalence, risk factors, and [...]

The tenth report from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) today reveals that 14 stroke services scored an overall ‘A’ grade for the quality of care they provide for patients. [...]

Practicing evidence based medicine means that you initiate statin treatment for the patients with cardiovascular diseases or TIA/Stroke if the level of the total cholesterol is >3.5 mmol/L. [...]

The US Department of Health and Human Services is palnning to prevent 1 millioon heart attacks and strokes by 2017. The focus of the new startegy is on the ( ABCS) or the aspirin, blood pressure, [...]

In the October issue of the “Lancet Neurology”, Suhaib A et al discussed the potential benefit of augmenting or maintaining the cerebral collateral circulation in case of ischaemic [...]

The acute stroke care team in Aneurin Bevan Health Board in Wales, UK was awarded the prestigious Chief Executive Award in a very well organised ceremony in Gwent, South Wales. The team was [...]

So far using the aggressive medical treatment to prevent recurrent stroke after atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis, is the best approach to deal with the condition which is causing [...]

For a busy three days of 24-27th May 2011, the 20th European stroke conference discussed hundreds of research papers and stroke Trials from almost 3000 delegates worldwide. Professor Hennerici, [...]