CHRONIC CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA (literature review)
On the 17 <sup>th</sup> - 20 <sup>th</sup> of September, 2007 the 2 <sup>nd</sup> Russian International Congress «Cerebrovascular Pathology and Insult» was held in St.-Petersburg. The major scientific topics discussed at the plenary and workshop sessions were as follows: insult pathogenesis, genetic, molecularl and biochemical aspects of cerebral infarction development, new diagnistic technologies, management and treatment of acute insult, rehabilitation after insult, epidemiology, primary and secondary prophylaxis of insult, the problems of insult surgical treatment, post-stroke state.