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European Stroke Journal

European Stroke Journal

Published in Association with European Stroke Organisation
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Cardiology | Neurology | Stroke

eISSN: 23969881 | ISSN: 23969873 | Current volume: 9 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

European Stroke Journal (ESJ) is the official publication of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO). ESJ is a fully peer-reviewed journal covering clinical stroke research from all fields. Published research includes, but is not limited to: clinical trials, epidemiology, primary and secondary prevention, diagnosis, acute and post-acute management, guidelines, translation of experimental findings into clinical practice, rehabilitation, organisation of stroke care, and societal impact.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Launched in 2016 the European Stroke Journal (ESJ) is the official journal of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), a professional non-profit organization with over 1,400 individual members, and affiliations to numerous related national and international societies.

ESJ covers clinical stroke research from all fields, including clinical trials, epidemiology, primary and secondary prevention, diagnosis, acute and post-acute management, guidelines, translation of experimental findings into clinical practice, rehabilitation, organisation of stroke care, and societal impact. It is open to authors from all relevant medical and health professions. Article types include review articles, original research, protocols, guidelines, editorials and letters to the Editor.

Through ESJ, authors and researchers have gained a new platform for the rapid and professional publication of peer reviewed scientific material of the highest standards; publication in ESJ is highly competitive. The journal and its editorial team has developed excellent cooperation with sister organisations such as the World Stroke Organisation and the International Journal of Stroke, and the American Heart Organization/American Stroke Association and the journal Stroke.

ESJ is fully peer-reviewed and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Issues are published 4 times a year (March, June, September and December) and articles are published OnlineFirst prior to issue publication.

Editor-in-Chief
Vice Editor
Dr Else Sandset PhD Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Editorial Board Member
Dr. Anne Hege Aamodt Oslo University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian
Professor Foad Abd-Allah MD University of Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Azmil H. Abdul-Rahim University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Dr Rufus Akinyemi MBBS, MSc, PhD, MWACP, FMCP University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Professor Grethe Andersen MD, DMSc Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Dr. Francesco Arba Careggi University Hospital, Italy
Prof. Daniel Bereczki Semmelweis University Department of Neurology, Hungary
Professor Anna Bersano Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Italy
Associate Professor, Daniel Bos, MD, PhD Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Professor Michael Brainin MD, PhD, Dr (hons), FESO FAHA Danube-University Krems, Austria
Dr Israel Fernandez Cadenas , PhD Sant Pau Institute of Research, Spain
Professor Bruce Campbell Royal Melbourne Hospital/University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Valeria Caso, MD, PhD, FESO University of Perugia, Italy
Dr Barbara Casolla, MD, PhD Unité de Recherche Clinique Cote d'Azur-UR2CA, France
Professor Ángel Chamorro MD PhD University of Barcelona, Spain
Professor Christopher Chen BMBCh (Oxon), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin) National University of Singapore, Singapore
Assistant Professor, Bastian Cheng, MD University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Professor Hanne Krarup Christensen MD, PhD, DMSci, FESO University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark
Professor Charlotte Cordonnier MD, PhD University of Lille, France
Professor László Csiba PhD, D.Sci.HAS Debrecen University, Hungary
Professor Stephen Davis AM MD FRCP Edin FRACP FAHMS The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Professor Jacques De Keyser MD,PhD Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium
Professor Gian Marco De Marchis, MD MSc Department of Neurology & Stroke Center, University Hospital, Switzerland
Assistant Professor Diana Aguiar de Sousa MD, PhD Hospital Santa Maria/CHULN, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Associate Professor Candice Delcourt The George Institute for Global Health/University of New South Wales/Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Professor Vida Demarin MD, PhD International Institute for Brain Health, Croatia
Associate Professor, Nele Demeyere, PhD University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Martin Dichgans MD University of Munich, Germany
Professor Exuperio Díez Tejedor MD, PhD Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain
Professor Matthias Endres MD Charite – Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Professor José M. Ferro MD, PhD University of Lisbon, Portugal
Professor Urs Fischer MD MSc University of Bern, Switzerland
Professor Ana Catarina Fonseca University of Lisbon, Portugal
Associate Professor Blanca Fuentes MD, PhD Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Professor Zuzana Gdovinová PhD PP.J. Šafárik University Košice, Slovakia
Dr Jacoba P Greving University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Professor Alla Guekht MD PhD Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry & Russian National Research Medical University, Russia
Professor Peter Heuschmann MD, MPH Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
Dr Petra Ijäs, MD, PhD, MSc, FESO Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland
Professor Dalius Jatuzis MD, PhD Vilnius University, Lithuania
Associate Professor Elias Johansson, MD, PhD Umeå University, Sweden
Associate Professor Katarina Jood Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr Mira Katan, MSc, PD University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Aristeidis Katsanos, MD, PhD McMaster University & Population Health Research Institute, Canada
Dr Dearbhla Kelly MB BCh BAO MSc DPhil MRCPI MRCP(UK) J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Professor Peter Kelly MD MS FRCPI FESO Mater University Hospital & University College Dublin, Ireland
Professor Dheeraj Khurana MD, DM Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Professor Jong S. kim MD, PhD Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Professor C.J.M. Klijn MD, PhD Radboudumc, Netherlands
Professor Yoshihiro Kokubo MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FESO, FJSH National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
Dr Janika Kõrv MD, PhD, FESO University of Tartu, Estonia
Associate Professor Zhe Kang Law MD, MRCP(UK), PhD, FRCP(Edin) National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof Robin Lemmens KU Leuven, (Belgium)
Dr Xinyi Leng, PhD The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China
Dr Linxin Li, DPhil Oxford University, United Kingdom
Professor Arne Lindgren MD, PhD Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Professor Perttu J. Lindsberg MD PhD Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Professor Liping Liu MD PhD Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
Professor Ming Liu MD, PhD Sichuan University, China
Associate Professor Nicolas Martinez-Majander Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Professor Sheila Martins MD PhD Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Professor Jean-Louis Mas MD, PhD Paris Descartes University, France
Professor Heinrich Mattle MD University of Bern, Switzerland
Professor Dominick J. H. McCabe PhD, FRCPI, FESO The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Ireland
Dr Thomas Meinel Stroke Center Bern, Switzerland
Professor Andreas Meisel, MD Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Germany
Professor Atte Meretoja MD, PhD, MSc, FRACP Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Dr Patrik Michel MD, FESO, FAHA Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Professor Robert Mikulik MD, PhD St. Anne's University Hospital, Czech Republic
Professor Carlos Molina MD, PhD Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Spain
Dr Joan Montaner MD PhD Virgen del Rocio Hospital, Spain
Professor Thierry Moulin, MD, PhD, MSC University of Franche-Comte, France
Professor Maciej Niewada MD PhD Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Assistant Professor George Ntaios MD, MSc, PhD University of Thessaly Larissa, Greece
Dr Yasushi Okada MD, PhD National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Japan
Dr. Lina Palaiodim Second Department of Neurology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Professor Jeyaraj Pandian MD DM FRACP FRCP FESO Florey Neurosceince Institutes, India
Professor Leonardo Pantoni MD PhD University of Milan, Italy
Dr Marco Pasi, PhD CHU de Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, France
Professor Jesper Petersson Institute for Clinical Sciences Lund Department of Neurology Lund University, Sweden
Professor Alessandro Pezzini MD Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Prof. Dr. med. Marios Psychogios University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Professor Jukka Putaala MD, PhD, MSc(Stroke) Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Dr Terry Quinn, FWSO, FESO, FRCP, MD, MBChB, BSc Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
Dr Peter Ringleb MD PhD University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Leon Rinkel Amsterdam University Medical Centers location AMC, Netherlands & University of Calgary, Canada
Professor Jonathan Rosand MD, MSc Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Professor Peter Rothwell FMedSci University of Oxford, UK
Professor Simona Sacco MD University of L’Aquila, Italy
Professor Dr. Jan Scheitz Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Professor Christian Stapf MD Université de Montréal, Canada
Professor Thorsten Steiner MME Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Professor Daniel Strbian MD, PhD, MSc (Stroke Med),FESO Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Professor Katharina Sunnerhagen MD, PhD University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Rossana Tassi Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
Professor Turgut Tatlisumak MD, PhD Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg & Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Professor Vincent Thijs MD PhD Austin Health & University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Danilo Toni MD, PhD, FESO University of Rome, Italy
Dr Kazunori Toyoda National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
Professor Alexander Tsiskaridze MD PhD DSc Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Professor Georgios Tsivgoulis MD, PhD, MSc, FESO National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dr H. Bart van der Worp MD, PhD University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Dr Mervyn Vergouwen MD PhD University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Jamie Verhoeven, MD Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Professor Joanna Wardlaw MB ChB, MD, FRCR, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Marieke J. H. Wermer, MD, PhD Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Professor David Werring FRCP PhD FESO University College London, UK
Dr Teddy Wu Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
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