Cerebrovascular Diseases is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles of broad interest to health professionals and researchers of stroke medicine and the study of cerebrovascular disease. The journal has a global perspective and considers articles covering prevention, diagnosis, management, rehabilitation, and related fields of molecular genetics, vascular biology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and health systems science. The editors encourage submissions of original research, reviews, and commentary articles that focus on knowledge advance and inform clinical practice and health policy.

Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra is an Open Access sister journal that provides peer-reviewed content to inform clinical practice and policy of stroke medicine and patient care in different world regions. This journal accepts original research papers, reviews, case series of particular interest, commentaries on clinical topics, case-based ethical issues, practice management tips, novel systems of care, and health policy discussions.

Editor-in-Chief
Michael G. Hennerici – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
 
 
Associate Editors
Georg W.J. Auburger – Goethe Universitätsklinik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Craig Anderson – The George Institute for Global Health, Camperdown, WA, Australia
Larry B. Goldstein – University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Ajay Gupta – New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Marc Hommel – Université des Alpes, AGIM, Grenoble, France
Jong-Sung Kim – Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hiroyuki Kinouchi – University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
Gregory Y.H. Lip – University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Jochen Mau – Institut für Quantitative Methodik, Krefeld, Germany
Stephen Meairs – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Man Mohan Mehdiratta – Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
Jay P. Mohr – Tananbaum Stroke Center, New York, NY, USA
Yukito Shinohara – Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian – Raffles Neuroscience Centre, Singapore, Singapore
 
 
Managing Editor
Marc Fatar – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
 
 
Editorial Board
Angelika Alonso – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Pierre Amarenco – Bichat University Hospital, Paris, France
Juan F. Arenillas – Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
Hakan Ay – Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
Selma Aybek – Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Oh Young Bang – Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jean-Claude Baron – Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
Julien Bogousslavsky – Genolier Swiss Medical Network, Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland
Waleed Brinjikji – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Alastair Buchan – University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Louis R. Caplan – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Hugues Chabriat – Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
Anastasios Chatzikonstantinou – Caritas Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Gabriel R. De Freitas – Instituto D'Or, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oscar del Brutto – Universidad Espiritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Nima Etminan – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Klaus Fassbender – Universitätsklinikum Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Jose M. Ferro – University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Jochen B. Fiebach – Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Miki Fujimura – Kohnan Hospital, Sendai, Japan
Nancy Futrell – Cottonwood Heights, UT, USA
Steven M. Greenberg – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Roman Haberl – Klinikum Harlaching, Munich, Germany
Graeme J. Hankey – Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
Andreas Harloff – Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Wolf-Dieter Heiss – May-Planck-Institut für Neurologische Forschung, Cologne, Germany
Isabel Lestro Henriques – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Frances Horgan – Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
Constantino Iadecola – Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Carlos S. Kase – Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Nadia Khan – University Childrens Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Eung Yeop Kim – Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Masatoshi Koga – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Yoshihiro Kokubo – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Satoshi Kuroda – University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Hyung-Min Kwon – Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kiwon Lee – The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Tsong-Hai Lee – Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Yan-Guang Li – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
David S. Liebeskind – University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Xin-Feng Liu – Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
Eng H. Lo – Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
Ayrton R. Massaro – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Roman Medvedev – Research Center for Neurology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Kazuo Minematsu – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Masao Nagayama – International University of Health and Welfare, Atami, Japan
Hiroaki Naritomi – Senri Chuo Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Norbert Nighoghossian – Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgique, Lyon, France
Kuniaki Ogasawara – Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
Leonardo Pantoni – University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Panagiotis Papanagiotou – Klinikum Bremen Mitte, Bremen, Germany
Guillermo Parrilla – H. Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
Daniele Pastori – Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Sarah Pendlebury – John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Luther Pettigrew – University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Fernando Pico – Versailles Mignot Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
Pushpendra Nath Renjen – Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
Tatjana Rundek – University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Ralph L. Sacco – University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Shoichiro Sato – Bayer Yakuhin Ltd., Osaka, Japan
Ulf Schminke – Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Stefan Schwarz – University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
J. David Spence – Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Konstantinos Spengos – University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Ulrich Sure – Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
Wai Kwong Tang – Shatin Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Pierre-Jean Touboul – Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
Kazunori Toyoda – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Shinichiro Uchiyama – International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
Peter Vajkoczy – Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Konstantinos Vemmos – University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Denis Vivien – Université de Caen, Caen, France
Katja Wartenberg – Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Mohammad Wasay – Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Marc E. Wolf – Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim Germany
K.S. Lawrence Wong – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong