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Scientific Programme Thursday, May 22, 2003
11.00–13.00 Auditorium I
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Oral Session: Stroke in the World
Chairs: J. Matias-Guiu, Spain and G. Hankey, Australia
11.00–11.10 First-ever stroke incidence and stroke sub-type in a predominantly
black population, Barbados, West Indies
D.O.C. Corbin, V. Poddar, A. Hennis, H. Fraser, C. Wolfe, R. Wilks,
Chronic Disease Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine and Research,
UWI, Barbados
11.10–11.20 Stroke epidemiology in Russia
E.I. Gusev, V.I.Skvortsova, L.V. Stakhovskaya, N.Y. Airian,
Russian State Medical University, Russian Federation
11.20–11.30 First year results of the Third Stroke Registry in Tartu, Estonia
R. Vibo, J. Kõrv, M. Roose, University of Tartu, Estonia
11.30–11.40 Implications of rates of non-fatal acute cerebrovascular versus
coronary vascular events for provision of acute services:
Oxford Vascular Study
C. Coull, L. Silver, P. Rothwell, Stroke Prevention Research Unit,
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
11.40–11.50 A 5-year prospective study of young stroke in China
M. Weiwei Zhang, Z. Zhang, Q. Bi, Y. Wang, W. Ma, China
11.50–12.00 Comparison of worldwide First-ever-in-a-lifetime (FES) stroke
incidence risk: implications for current and future stroke incidence
P. Syme, A. Byrne, R. Chen, A. Finlayson, Borders General Hospital,
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12.00–12.10 The Tintswalo Hospital Stroke Register:
a rural South African stroke register
M. Connor, B. Casserly, M. Thorogood, C. Warlow, SASPI Project Team,
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa