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(Stroke. 2004;35:615.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorial

Stroke in Russian

From London Sciences Health Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Correspondence to Dr Vladimir Hachinski, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Rd, London, Ontario N6A 5A5 Canada.

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Stroke in Russian joins Stroke en Español in addressing major language audiences other than English. The new version of Stroke premieres this month in Russia.

Russia has one of the world’s¹ highest stroke incidence rates. Unlike neighboring Western Europe, where rates are falling,² in Eastern Europe they remain high.³ Many causes account for this, such as increasing prevalence of risk factors and decreasing availability of medical care, both exacerbated by the turmoil following the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

One step toward addressing the rising epidemic is the diffusion of up-to-date knowledge about all aspects of stroke. Professor Veronika I. Skvortsova, Editor Designate of Stroke in Russian, with the strong support of Professor Eugene I. Gusev, has put together an impressive Editorial Board from Russia and neighboring countries as well as Russian-speaking members of the Editorial Board from Canada and the United States. This Editorial Board will select published articles from Stroke and write commentaries to put them in context for the realities of Russia and other Eastern European countries.

We welcome Professor Skvortsova as Editor and wish her, our Eastern European colleagues, and their audience, great success.

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2. Feigin VL, Lawes CMM, Bennett DA, Anderson CS. Stroke epidemiology: a review of population-based studies of incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality in the late 20th century. Lancet Neurol. 2003; 2: 43–53.[CrossRef][Medline] [Order article via Infotrieve]

3. Health for All Database, European Region. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe; 2000.