It is with some heaviness of heart that I pen my last editorial. I signaled my intention to step down from the role as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Stroke (IJS) in January 2019, to be effective from 31 December 2019. This has enabled the World Stroke Organization (WSO) to have adequate time to have undertaken a rigorous global search and interview process to find a new Editor-in-Chief for IJS.

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社论。

我怀着一颗沉重的心情，发表了我的最后一篇社论。我表示我打算从2019年1月起担任《国际中风杂志》（IJS）的主编，从2019年12月31日起生效。这使世界中风组织（WSO）拥有足够的人手。是时候进行了严格的全球搜索和采访过程，以找到IJS的新主编。