📣 Attention neuroscience trainees! The Joint Neurosciences Council (JNC) is seeking a trainee to represent UK neuroscience trainees at JNC meetings and contribute to the ebrain platform. Dive into the BIASP Bulletin for the advert and role specification. Don't miss out! 🧠🔍

🩸🧠Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and AFib ⚠️🚦Proceed with caution! 🔥 Simplified framework for approaching this common dilemma, until more evidence-based data are available. (#tweetorial to follow soon) #neurotwitter #NeuroRad #MedTwitter #MedEd #Neurology #Neurosurgery

🎉 We’re incredibly excited to announce that UKSF 2023 will be back as a face-to-face event at ICC Birmingham! 🏢 Dive in for details: buff.ly/3KWNv5J 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ See you there! 🤝

Exciting news! Join us for the 2024 World Stroke Congress, where the global stroke community unites to advance stroke care worldwide. Stay tuned for cutting-edge research, collaboration, and a shared commitment to better patient care. Learn more at buff.ly/3Qx2qXe 🧠🌍

🎉 Drumroll, please! 🥁 The results for the BIASP Medical Student Essay Prize 2023 are in! A huge shoutout to Jamie Rice for the commendable entry! 👏📝 Keep shining bright, future stars of stroke medicine! ✨ #BIASP #MedicalStudentExcellence

World Stroke Day 2023. Lifestyle changes make a huge difference 🤩

Only 1⃣ more day to submit your abstracts for The European Life After Stroke Forum. Please submit here 👉 bit.ly/3Ma1vK5 The deadline is tomorrow. #StrokeResearch #LifeAfterStroke #elasf2024 #StrokeAllianceForEurope

Myasthenia: treatment beyond the 2015 guidelines - Saiju Jacob #neurology #abn #abn2023 #abnautumnmeeting2023

ABN John Walton Lecturer, Joanna Wardlaw talks through cerebral small vessel disease: mechanisms, prevention and treatment. #neurology #abn #abn2023 #abnautumnmeeting2023

🧵On call #meded tweet neurology is NOT hard if you 1)Take a history 2)examine the patient 3)based on 1)&2) try &localise the lesion 4)think about a differential diagnosis You CAN make life really hard by NOT doing these things, hence the 🤷‍♂️ More info jnnp.bmj.com/content/86/2/2…

Is left atrial appendage occlusion a valuable treatment option for patients with atrial fibrillation and #breakthroughstroke despite anticoagulation therapy? @davidseiffge @boersma_lucas ja.ma/47BEHMx

From JAMA: Among pts with a large infarct on noncontrast CT presenting within 24 hours, thrombectomy did not demonstrate improvement in functional outcomes at 90 days vs medical care alone; findings were not definitive & further study is needed. ja.ma/4dnjQhk

Well done to Claudia Zeicu on her Practical Neurology review discussing the causes of secondary hypertension in cerebrovascular disease - worth checking out for an overview of how to approach its investigation and management. Cambridge Stroke

Day 1 Clinical trial #WSC2024 Balloon Guide catheter trial stopped earlier and primary stroke prevention trial #stroke World Stroke Org

Day 2 Clinical Trials: Step towards non-gated single-phase cardiac-neck-brain CTA, OPTIMAS/CATALYST will change guidelines, early anticoagulation can be implemented more convincingly, BP reduction <130 is better for overall CVD reduction #WSC2024 World Stroke Org #stroke

Day 3 Clinical Trials #WSC2024 World Stroke Org Intra-arterial TNK not helpful in posterior circulation stroke, more evidence for minimally invasive surgery for ICH, MRI was non-inferior to CTP based patient selection for EVT and DOACs safe but not efficacious in CVT #strokemed

Day 4 Clinical Trial #WSC2024 World Stroke Org. rh proUrokinase was non-inferior to Alteplase. The PRAAN registry showed that 80% of patients post-EVT go home. I could not find the results of PUMICE and THEIA.

Today is World Stroke Day. Our Stroke Medicine Service delivers specialised care to adults of all ages from emergency treatment to rehabilitation. Watch ITV News Central from 6pm tonight to see how our stroke service is helping patients every day. #WorldStrokeDay

On #WorldStrokeDay it is so important that everyone recognises the signs of stroke and can quickly access care by calling 999. New FAST campaign coming soon 📺 NHS England - get help quickly to ensure the best possible recovery and life after stroke Stroke Association

⁦Jason Appleton⁩ presented our poster on the pathway developed to manage incidental retinal emboli at the UK Stroke Forum today. A Quality improvement project with ophthalmology