title: Management of ischemic stroke in Central and Eastern Europe.
abstract: Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in Europe. Central and Eastern European countries have the highest incidence and mortality rates through Europe. The improvements in stroke prevention and treatment in Central and Eastern European countries did not completely reach the quality parameters present in Western European countries. We present features of current management of stroke in Central and Eastern European countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.|School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budincevic
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bereczki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Janika
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kõrv
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsiskaridze
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niederkorn
authors.affiliation: 2nd Neurological Department, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czlonkowska
authors.affiliation: Medical Centre Aviva, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vida
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demarin
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Central Europe; Eastern Europe; stroke epidemiology; stroke incidence; stroke units; thrombolysis