European Stroke Initiative recommendations for stroke management; recent infection as a risk factor for intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages; the thrombomodulin gene mutation G127A (Ala25Thr) and cerebrovascular disease; early 99mTc-ethylcysteinate dimer brain SPECT patterns in the acute phase of stroke as predictors of neurological recovery; epileptic seizures attributed to cerebral hyperperfusion after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of the internal carotid artery; swallowing disorders following acute stroke - prevalence and diagnostic accuracy; risk factors for lacunar infarcts; delayed intrahemispheric remote hypometabolism; cerebral microembolus detection in an unselected acute ischemic stroke population; chronological changes in cerebral air embolism that occurred during continuous drainage of infected lung bullae; stroke as the first manifestation of calcific aortic stenosis; a case of diffuse cerebral vasospasm - possibly ergotamine-associated?