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The Welsh Stroke Conference is one of the biggest multidisciplinary events in Wales and is a significant fixture in the educational calendar for Stroke in the UK. The conference was started in [...]

Systematic electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring improves detection of covert atrial fibrillation in stroke survivors but the effect on secondary prevention is unknown. We aimed to assess the effect [...]

Additional therapy may improve poststroke outcomes. Self-rehabilitation is a useful means to increase rehabilitation time. Mechanized systems are usual means to extend time for motor training. [...]

The International Stroke Conference is the world’s premier meeting dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease. From forming multiple, life-long collaborations with the best [...]

Professor Gillian Mead, a geriatrition, has been announced as President Elect of the British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP) for 2020-2021. Professor Mead clinical work has, for many [...]

The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors Study produces the most comprehensive epidemiological estimates. Results yielded in 2017, indicated that cardiovascular diseases, [...]

Stroke mortality rates have been declining in almost every country. Reduction in mortality could result from a decline in disease occurrence or a decline in case fatality, or both. A reduction in [...]

  With over 2 million new cases annually, stroke is associated with the highest disability-adjusted life-years lost of any disease in China. The burden is expected to increase further as a [...]

Intensive intravenous glucose control did not improve functional outcome compared with standard insulin control in patients with stroke who have hyperglycaemia— and it may even increase the risk [...]

Intensive blood pressure lowering in patients treated with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke did not lead to a significant improvement in outcome compared with guideline based blood pressure [...]