KAROLINSKA STROKE UPDATE
13-14 November 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

 


2002

Scientific programme

 

Sunday, November 10th

 

10.00-17.00 Committees meetings
18.00-20.00 Reception at Norra Latin
20.00-22.00 Joint committees meeting and dinner
Monday, November 11th

08.30-08.45

Welcome address and Introduction to Day 1

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren

08.45-09.50

Session: Carotid Surgery

Chairpersons: Charles Warlow, Edinburgh, and Jesper Swedenborg, Stockholm 

08.45-09.05

Estimating the risks and benefits of carotid endarterectomy

Peter Rothwell, Oxford

09.05-09.20

Duplex criteria for high grade internal carotid artery stenosis

Tomas Jogestrand, Stockholm

09.20-09.35

Evaluation of postoperative events - Swedish experiences

David Bergqvist, Uppsala

09.35-09.50

Consensus discussion and statement

09.50-10.20 Coffee break

10.20-10.50

Special Lecture:

Chairpersons: Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm  & Hans-Göran Hårdemark, Stockholm

Management of haemorrhagic stroke

Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

10.50-12.30

Session: Antiplatelet therapy for Stroke Prevention

Chairpersons:  Hans-Göran Hårdemark, Stockholm and Gudrun Boysen, Copenhagen

10.50-11.15

Antiplatelet therapy and stroke: results from the Antithrombotic Trialists Collaboration.

Cathie Sudlow, Edinburgh

11.15-11.40

Evidence of antithrombotic treatment

Louis R. Caplan, Boston

11.40-11.55

Effect of clopidogrel in high risk patients

Markku Kaste, Helsinki

11.55-12.10

Dipyridamole and headache -  does dose titration help?

Arne Lindgren, Lund

12.10-12.30

Consensus discussion and statement

12.30-13.25

Lunch and Poster Exhibition

13.25-14.40

Session: Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering for Stroke Prevention

Chairpersons: Jan Lodder, Maastricht, and Bo Norrving, Lund

13.25-13.45

ACE inhibitor perindopril for secondary prevention of stroke - results from the PROGRESS study

Andreas Terent, Uppsala

13.45-14.05

ACE inhibitor ramipril for prevention of stroke - results from the HOPE study

Jan Östergren, Stockholm

14.05-14.25

MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study: Effects in over 6000 patients with history of stroke or TIA

Rory Collins, Oxford

14.25-14.55

Coffee Break

14.55-15.25

Special Lecture:

Chairpersons: Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm and Niaz Ahmed, Stockholm

Stop measuring blood pressure and cholesterol

Charles Warlow, Edinburgh

15.25-16.45

Session: The complexity of possibilities: who should receive what?

Chairpersons: Bo Norrving, Lund and Jan Lodder, Maastricht

15.25-15.45

What would I give my next TIA patient?

Markku Kaste, Helsinki

15.45-16.05

Is it worth the cost?

Kjell Asplund, Umeå

16.05-16.35

Panel consensus discussion and statement

16.35-16.45

Summary of the first day's discussions

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm

16.50-18.40 SITS International: SITS-MOST Steering Committee meeting

19.00

Dinner at the Hall of Mirrors, Grand Hotel, Stockholm

Tuesday, November 12th

08.30-08.45

Introduction to Day 2

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm

08.45-09.45

Session: Ongoing trials

Chairpersons: Martin Grond, Cologne and Angel Chamorro, Barcelona

08.45-9.00

Ongoing trials in stroke prevention

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren. Stockholm

9.00-09.15

Ongoing trials on anticoagulation and thrombolysis in acute stroke

Angel Chamorro, Barcelona

09.15-09.30

Ongoing trials on neuroprotectants in acute stroke

Jan Lodder, Maastricht

09.30-09-45

Ongoing trials in stroke rehabilitation and recovery

Gudrun Boysen, Copenhagen

09.45-10.15

Coffee break

10.15-11.35

Session: Rehabilitation and recovery after stroke

Chairpersons: Per Wester, Umeå and Philip Bath, Nottingham

10.15-10.35

Functional brain imaging evidence of brain plasticity

Jean-Claude Baron, Cambridge

10.35-10.55

Amphetamines and stroke recovery

Louise Martinsson, Stockholm

10.55-11.15

What do stroke units do for recovery?

Bent Indredavik, Trondheim

11.15-11.35

Consensus discussion and statement

11.35-12.05

Special Lecture:

Chairpersons: Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm, and Louise Martinsson, Stockholm

Worsening stroke

Louis R Caplan, Boston

12.05-13.00

Lunch and poster exhibition

13.00-14.55

Session: Thrombolysis in acute stroke

Chairpersons: Markku Kaste, Helsinki, and Kennedy R Lees, Glasgow

13.00-13.20

Updated systematic review of randomised controlled trials pf rt-PA in acute stroke - when is enough enough?

Joanna Wardlaw, Edinburgh

13.20-13.35

SITS and the European Union Licence for rt-PA in acute stroke

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm

13.35-13.55

Thrombolysis in Bergen - a Norwegian perspective

Lars Thomassen, Bergen

13.55-14.15

Experiences from heparin treatment following thrombolysis

Jan Sobesky, Cologne

14.15-14.35

Cerebral haemorrhage following thrombolysis in stroke

Rüdiger von Kummer, Dresden

14.35-14.55

Consensus discussion and statement

14.55-15.25

Coffee break

15.25-17.00

Session: The role of blood pressure and non-pharmacological issues in acute stroke

Chairpersons: Arne Lindgren, Lund & Hans-Göran Hårdemark, Stockholm

15.25-15.45

Blood pressure in acute stroke - an update

Philip Bath, Nottingham

15.45-16.05

Hemicraniectomy

Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

16.05-16.25

Cooling in acute stroke

Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

16.25-16.45

Ultrasound in acute stroke

Michael Daffertshofer, Mannheim

16.45-17.00

Summary and closing statement

Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Stockholm