The latest World Stroke Academy news

27 Apr 2021

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to update you on the latest WSA news and activities this month:

This month’s webinar:

The topic of our next webinar will be „Simulation training- COVID and beyond“. Ass. Prof. Houman Khosravani (University of Toronto) and Paola Santalucia, MD (Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan) will join our panel and will discuss this hot topic in stroke with viewers in an interactive Q&A session moderated by Professor Anita Arsovska, Associate Commissioning Editor of the World Stroke Academy.

Date and time: Tuesday, May 25th at 5 PM CEST
Registration: http://bit.ly/WSOwebinar6

Paper of the month

This month, WSA Editor-in-Chief Gustavo Saposnik selected a paper by Jonathan Best et al. published in the Lancet Neurology: ‚Development of imaging-based risk scores for prediction of intracranial haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke in patients taking antithrombotic therapy after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from cohort studies’

Find the Editorial and author interviews with Dr Jonathan Best and Professor David Werring soon on the new WSA website.

Link to the original article: Best JG et al. Development of imaging-based risk scores for prediction of intracranial haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke in patients taking antithrombotic therapy after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from cohort studies. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Apr;20(4):294-303. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00024-7.

Yours,

the WSA team: Gustavo Saposnik (Canada), Editor –in– Chief; Anita Arsovska (North Macedonia), Associate Commissioning Editor; Alina Schwarz (Austria), Executive Manager; Rodrigo Guerrero (Chile), Social Media Leader; Florencia Casagrande (Argentina), Communications Specialist.

We’re happy to help - contact us with your questions or proposals for e-learning content/webinars at education@world-stroke.org

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