Next Karolinska Stroke Update meeting: 25-27 April 2010!

Mark these dates in your diary - and note that this is the first meeting to occur in the ealier half of the year!

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AHA/ASA recommends rtPA within 3 to 4.5 hours after stroke

Read Science Advisory published on line 28 May, 2009!

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Read Statements from ESO and the 7th Karolinska Stroke Update meeting!

The first confirmed Consensus Statements are now available:

Carotid Endarterectomy vs angioplasty' Read here!

'Antithrombotic therapy' Read here!

'TIA - still a clinical definition?' Read here!

TIA - management in TIA clinic or stroke unit? Read here!

'Should the time window for intravenous thrombolysis be extended?' Read here!'

'Management of hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus in stroke' Read here!

'Blood pressure management in the acute phase of stroke' Read here!

Please note that the second part of the Consensus Statement is a recommendation to ESO on guidelines. The final text is decided by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and will appear both here and at the ESO website after final approval.

ESO has decided to amend the Guidelines on thrombolytic therapy - read here!

Karolinska Stroke Update is an international meeting attracting stroke experts from all over the world. The participants discuss recent results from clinical trials on stroke therapy and consent on their implementation into clinical practice.


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