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Michael G Hennerici writes: Today, aware of the increasing number of meetings, and faced with expectations of commercial sponsorship both for free participation, and the added risks of dilution [...]

  A substantial proportion of patients with ischaemic stroke present with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS), which is associated with a considerable rate of recurrence. The [...]

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 [...]