An overview of stroke management from the 6th World Stroke Congress

摘要

The 6th World Stroke Congress was organized by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and took place in Vienna on September 24-27, 2008. The biennial meeting was attended by approximately 3,000 medical doctors, scientists and other professionals from all over the world with a common interest in reducing stroke burden, one of the major challenges in medicine. A number of interesting scientific sessions, posters and teaching courses covered many aspects of stroke management, including recent approaches, novel therapies in basic and clinical research, large clinical trials, potential targets and biomarkers of the disease. We have selected and summarized some of the most compelling aspects of the congress here.