Stroke: Perspectives from Asia

Stroke is a major cause of death and disability globally. The burden due to stroke is especially high in Asia, home to 60% of the world’s population. Stroke in Asia has differing epidemiology, mechanisms, treatment paradigms, and management challenges compared to other regions.

This special collection of papers ‘Stroke: Perspectives from Asia’ highlights some of these unique features, encompassing invited reviews on the topics of: Intracranial haemorrhage, intracranial stenosis, moya moya disease, radiation vasculopathy, stroke from infection, cerebral venous thrombosis, and stroke in the young.

The collection is complemented with research papers that cover experiences with thrombolysis, large artery occlusion, thrombectomy, intracranial stenosis, polymorphisms in RNF2 and CYP2C19, strokes from bites and stings, therapies to improve outcome, and care systems to enhance stroke management.

This supplement condenses the vast amount of information available on Stroke in Asia into succinct summaries and surface new data that are valuable to clinicians managing stroke, not just in Asia, but in any part of the world.

ARTICLE COLLECTION SPONSORED BY MOLEAC
This article collection “Stroke: Perspectives from Asia” is funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Moleac Pte Ltd to the Asian Stroke Advisory Panel. Moleac’s mission towards patients, the healthcare system and society is and will remain to address the therapeutic gaps and challenges in neurology. Our continuous academic research collaboration on NeuroAiD is part of this effort. Moleac Pte Ltd had no role in the peer review process or editorial decisions related to this article collection.