Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
Ana Catarina Fonseca has a MD (2004) and a PhD (2014) in Medicine, from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. In 2014 she completed a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), having previously completed two masters: in Stroke Medicine at the University Danube Krems (Austria) and in Neuroscience at the University of Lisbon. She is currently a neurology consultant at the stroke unit of the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Medicine of Lisbon, and an assistant professor of pharmacology and neurology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.
Thank you, again, to everyone who read, shared, discussed, and applied these insights in daily practice.
Let’s keep learning 🧠💪

🧠#MondayTip All Year Long
Every week, one insight
One concept
One step toward better stroke care
Thanks to everyone who learned, shared & helped turn evidence into action
Let’s keep raising the standard #together
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Acute #vestibular syndrome & stroke

#MondayTip
😵💫Acute Vestibular Syndrome and Stroke
#AVS👉continuous vertigo/nausea/nystagmus, worse with head motion but present at rest
⚡️~25% are posterior strokes, often missed by CT/MRI.
💡#HINTS exam > early MRI for diagnosis
🧠#MondayTip All Year Long
Every week, one insight
One concept
One step toward better stroke care
Thanks to everyone who learned, shared & helped turn evidence into action
Let’s keep raising the standard #together
Missed a #MondayTip this year?
Here’s the (1st part) thread👇🧵
. @WorldStrokeOrg
@opontesnetoMD @sheilambrasil @SposatoL @a_charidimou @gsaposnik @interneurona @laura_wsa @caso_valeria @johanna_ospel @neuropuc @SIECV_IASO @AfricanStroke @Ash_Shoamanesh @AshuPJadhav @MicieliA_MD @MicheleRomoli @UPensato @IntJStroke @ESOstroke @StrokeAHA_ASA
What happened in #StrokeEducation in November? Time to read our newsletter!
🗞️https://www.world-stroke-academy.org/news/november-newsletter-2/
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