“…It is found that not only the geographical perspective but also stroke itself is now beginning to get a wider focus. We published articles related to stroke and dementia [7,8], cerebral amyloid angiopathy [9], atherosclerotic plaque morphology [10,11,12,13] and the complex issue of detecting different forms of atrial fibrillation and their inherited risk of stroke [14,15]. In addition, in the last few years, concomitant diseases for stroke have become a major theme of discussion, for example, stroke and cancer [16] or stroke and kidney diseases [17,18].…”