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

 


2004

Scientific programme

 

Sunday, November 14th

 

10.00-15.00 Meetings for other organisations  
15.00-17.00 Update Committees meetings
18.00-20.00 Reception at Norra Latin
20.00-22.00 Joint committees meeting and dinner
Monday, November 15th
08.30-08.45

Welcome address and introduction to day 1

Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm

 

08.45-09.55

Session: Carotid artery stenosis

Chairpersons: Charles Warlow, Edinburgh, and Thomas Mätzsch, Malmö

 

08.45-09.05

Surgery in asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Allison Halliday, London

 

09.05-09.25

Stenting for carotid artery stenosis

Michael Hennerici, Mannheim

 

09.25-09.40

Critical analysis

Jesper Swedenborg, Stockholm

 

09.40-09.55

Consensus discussion and statement

 

09.55-10.25 Coffee break
10.25-10.55

Special lecture:

On Stroke, handedness and sudden death

Vladimir Hachinski, London, Ontario

 

10.55-12.10

Session: Antiplatelet therapy

Chairpersons: Bo Norrving, Lund, and Juhani Sivenius, Kuopio

 

10.55-11.15

After the MATCH and CARESS studies:  Conclusions for clopidogrel in secondary stroke prevention?

Christoph Diener, Essen

 

11.15-11.25

Cost-effectiveness of antiplatelet therapies: a summary of a recent NICE-report

Bo Norrving, Lund

 

11.25-11.40

Risk for recurrent events in the early phase of stroke. Implications for antiplatelet strategy.

Laszlo Csiba, Debrecen

 

11.40-11.55

Which antiplatelet when? Tentative model for selection of antiplatelet agent

Natan Bornstein, Tel Aviv

 

11.55-12.10

Consensus discussion and statement

 

12.10-13.10

Lunch and poster exhibition

 

13.10-14.30

Session: Blood pressure control and secondary stroke prevention

Chairpersons: Eivind Berge, Oslo, and Andreas Terent, Uppsala

 

13.10-13.30

The case for angiotensin II antagonists

Björn Dahlöf, Göteborg

 

13.30-13.50

The case for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors)

Kennedy R Lees, Glasgow

 

13.50-14.10

Suggested updated model for blood pressure lowering

Andreas Terent, Uppsala

 

14.10-14.25

Low blood pressure in the elderly is related to dementia

Laura Fratiglione, Stockholm

 

14.25-14.40 Consensus discussion and statement (including a short presentation of the SCAST study by Eivind Berge, Oslo)

 

14.40-15.10

Coffee break

(SCAST study investigators meeting in room 354)

 

15.10-16.25

Session: Other issues in secondary stroke prevention

Chairpersons: Per Wester, Umeå, and Anna Czlonkowska, Warsaw

 

15.10-15.30

Statins for secondary stroke prevention

Pierre Amarenco, Paris

 

15.30-15.50

Thrombin inhibitors: What can we learn from SPORTIF III and SPORTIF V: Ximelagatran vs warfarin?

Gudrun Boysen, Copenhagen

 

15.50-16.10

Critical comment

Danilo Toni, Rome

 

16.10-16.25

Consensus discussion and statement

 

16.25-16.30

Summary and closing of the first day of the meeting

Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm

 

16.30 Transport to Stockholm Concert Hall, Grünewald Room
17.00-17.15 Stockholm Academic Male Chorus
17.15-17.45 Karolinska Stroke Award 2004 - for Excellence in Stroke Research
17.45-18.30 Guided tour at Stockholm Concert Hall

19.30

Dinner at Grand Hotel Royal Winter Garden

Tuesday, November 16th

08.30-08.35

Introduction to day 2

 

08.35-09.15

Ongoing trials update: Acute stroke

Veronika Skvortsova, Moscow,  and Hans-Göran Hårdemark, Uppsala

 

08.35-08.55

Acute stroke trials

Werner Hacke, Heidelberg

 

08.55-09.15

Update on cooling in acute stroke

Jesper Petersson, Malmö

 

09.15-10.20

Session: Management of cerebral haemorrhage in the perspective of new clinical trials data

Chairpersons: Werner Hacke, Heidelberg, and Hubert Kwiecinski, Warsaw

 

09.15-09.35

Medical management of cerebral haemorrhage - do we now have a new treatment for haemorrhagic stroke?

Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

 

09.35-09.50

Surgical treatment of cerebral haemorrhage - conclusions from STICH

David Mendelow, Newcastle

 

09.50-10.05

Critical analysis of study data

Charles Warlow, Edinburgh

 

10.05-10.20

Consensus discussion and statement

 

10.20-10.50

Coffee break

10.50-12.15

Session: Reperfusion in acute occlusive stroke

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

 

10.50-11.10

Pooled analysis of data from randomised controlled trials of rt-PA in acute stroke

Cesare Fieschi, Rome

 

11.10-11.25

Factors influencing door to needle time

Geert Vanhooren, Brûgge

 

11.25-11.40

SITS: Experience from i.v. thrombolysis in clinical routine

Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm

 

11.40-12.00

Intraarterial thrombolysis and endovascular recanalization for acute stroke

Heinrich Mattle, Bern

 

12.00-12.15

Consensus discussion and statement

 

12.15-13.15

Lunch and poster exhibition

 

13.15-13.45

Special lecture: Biases in randomised controlled trials

Charles Warlow, Edinburgh

 

13.45-15.00

Session: The impact of imaging on stroke treatment and clinical outcome.

Rüdiger von Kummer, Dresden, and Wolf Dieter Heiss, Cologne

 

13.45-14.05

Imaging in acute stroke: The case for computer tomography

Rüdiger von Kummer, Dresden

 

14.05-14.25

Imaging in acute stroke: The case for magnetic resonance tomograhy and positron emission tomography

Wolf Dieter Heiss, Cologne

 

14.25-14.45

Perfusion-CT and CT-angiography before i.v. thrombolysis

Patrik Michel, Lausanne

 

14.45-15.00

Consensus discussion and statement

 

15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.45

Session: Stroke Management

Michael Brainin, Vienna, and Zoltan Nagy, Budapest

 

15.30-15.50

Prevention of deep venous thrombosis - what to do with conflicting guidelines?

Per Morten Sandset, Oslo

 

15.50-16.10

Management of blood pressure, blood glucose and body temperature in acute stroke

Hanne Christensen, Copenhagen

 

16.10-16.30

Can dementia following stroke be prevented?

Didier Leys, Lille

 

16.30-16.45

Consensus discussion and statement

 

16.45-17.00

Summary and closing of the meeting

Nils G Wahlgren, Stockholm