Joint European and World Stroke Organisation (ESO-WSO) conference highlights-2020

Diana Aguiar De Sousa,Mira Katan,Yvonne Chun

doi:10.1177/2514183x21994409

Abstract

Despite a difficult year focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, from 7 November to 8 November, stroke clinicians and researchers experienced a great opportunity to learn about the latest research results and developments across the entire care spectrum. This year’s European and World Stroke Organisation Conference was not only the first joint conference but also the first virtual experience of this magnitude in the field. More than 5000 participants were registered worldwide. Many interesting studies and impactful large trial results were presented giving rise to lively controversies (live sessions and chats). This article will focus on a few selected studies that were presented at the conference, ranging from insights into pre-hospital triage, acute interventions, to secondary prevention, rehabilitation and the impact of the current pandemic on stroke care.

Highlights

Despite a difficult year focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, from 7 November to 8 November, stroke clinicians and researchers experienced a great opportunity to learn about the latest research results and developments across the entire care spectrum
Two-thirds of patients identified by the Rapid Arterial oCclusion Evaluation (RACE) score had ischaemic stroke and two-thirds of these had large vessel occlusion (LVO)
The proportion of patients receiving IV thrombolysis was higher in the Local Stroke Center (LSC) than in the Endovascular Center (EC) group (60.4% vs. 47.5%, p < 0.001), whereas the proportion of patients receiving thrombectomy was higher in the EC group (50.0% vs. 40.9%, p 1⁄4 0.003)