Tag: European Stroke Organisation
ESOC to return with fully on-site format and diverse stroke programme
Having taken place via a virtual format in 2021, and as a hybrid meeting last year, the 2023 European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC; 24–26...
European Stroke Organisation taskforce delivers update on thrombolytic drug shortages
The thrombolysis taskforce of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) executive committee has provided an update on current shortages of alteplase and tenecteplase, detailing outcomes...
ATTENTION results indicate “we have finally conquered the basilar artery” with...
This year’s European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2022; 4–6 May, Lyon, France) saw results from ATTENTION—a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the benefit...
ESOC 2022: ‘Brain-age’ biomarkers predict stroke recovery more accurately than chronological...
Stroke experts have identified how radiomics—an emerging, image-quantifying technology—can be used to extract biomarkers from clinical brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in stroke...
Else Charlotte Sandset
Else Charlotte Sandset is a consultant neurologist in the Stroke Unit of the Department of Neurology at Oslo University Hospital, and chair of the...
Direct mechanical thrombectomy fails to show non-inferiority compared with IV t-PA...
The preliminary results of the SWIFT-DIRECT (Solitaire with the intention for thrombectomy plus IV t-PA versus direct Solitaire stent-retriever thrombectomy in acute anterior circulation...
Flying intervention teams lead to higher EVT rates and reduced time...
Flying teams of interventionists directly to a primary stroke centre to perform endovascular therapy (EVT)—as opposed to waiting for the patient to be transferred...
ESOC 2021: AI can calculate personalised risk of having another stroke
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to give stroke patients a personalised and more accurate assessment of their risk of suffering a recurrence, according...
ESOC 2021: Non-traditional risk factors for heart attack and stroke rising...
Work stress, sleep disorders, and fatigue—which are regarded as non-traditional risk factors for heart attack and stroke—are rising more steeply among women than men,...
European Stroke Organisation urges Europe to end “stroke care lottery”
Stroke experts from across Europe gathered in Brussels under the umbrella of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) to call on political leaders to recognise...
