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Scientific Programme (General) 2010

Sunday, November 14th

10.00-15.00

Meetings for other organisations

 

13.00-18.00

Registration desk

 

15.00-17.00

Update Committees meetings

 

18.00-20.00

Reception in the "Upstairs bar"

 

20.00-22.00

Chairperson's and Speaker's dinner

 

 

 

 

Monday, November 15th

 

07.00-16.30

Registration desk

 

08.30-08.45

Welcome address and introduction
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm, and Didier Leys, Lille

 

08.45-10.15

Session: Carotid endarterectomy vs angioplasty
Chairs: Jean-Louis Mas, Paris / Secretary: Konstantinos Kostulas, Stockholm

 

08.45-09.05 Carotid Stenting is as safe and as effective as carotid surgery in patients at risk for stroke - results from the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stenting Trial (CREST)
Michael D Hill, Calgary
 
09.05-09.25

Carotid endarterectomy should remain the treatment of choice for patients suitable for surgery, except in younger patients: results from the Carotid Stenting Trialists Collaboration
Leo Bonati, London

 
09.25-09.45 What is the overall impression of carotid endarterectomy vs stenting trials?
Peter Rothwell, Oxford
 
09.45-09.55

Presentation of draft statement
Jean-Louis Mas/ Konstantinos Kostulas

 

09.55-10.15

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Jean-Louis Mas, Paris

 

10.15-10.45

Special lecture: Stroke management - are we successful enough?
Speaker: Takenori Yamaguchi, Osaka

 

10.45-11.15 Coffee Break  

11.15-12.15

Session: Cerebral artery dissection
Chair: Jacques De Keyser, Brussels /Secretary: Christina Sjöstrand, Stockholm

 

11.15-11.35

Management of extracranial artery dissections
Marie-Germaine Bousser, Paris

 
11.35-11.50 Management of intracranial artery dissections
Gert-Jan Luijckx, Groningen
 

11.50-12.00

Presentation of draft statement
Jacques De Keyser/ Christina Sjöstrand, Stockholm

 

12.00-12.15

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Jacques De Keyser, Brussels

 

12.15-13.15

Lunch and poster exhibition

 

13.15-14.25

Session: Subarachnoid haemorrhage and aneurysms - new guidelines
Chair: Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg, and Gabriel Rinkel, Utrecht./Secretary: Michael Mazya, Stockholm

 

13.15-13.30 Primary prevention: Intervention for unruptured aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations
Christian Stapf, Paris
 
13.30-13.45 Secondary prevention: Neurosurgery for ruptured aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations
Hartmut Vatter, Frankfurt
 

13.45-14.00

Secondary prevention: Endovascular treatment for ruptured aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations
Tommy Andersson, Stockholm

 

14.00-14.10

Presentation of draft statement, including a short statement on the current status of guidelines on SAH by Gabriel Rinkel, Utrecht
Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg/ Michael Mazya, Stockholm

 

14.10-14.25

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

 

14.25-14.55

Coffee break

 

14.55-16.25

Session: Prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation
Chair: Gary Ford, Newcastle and Bo Norrving, Lund/Secretary: Mia von Euler, Stockholm

 

14.55-15.15 Dabigatran is superior to Warfarin in primary and secondary prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation - overall results of the RE-LY study
Christoph Diener, Essen
 
15.15-15.35 Warfarin may still be the better alternative
Didier Leys, Lille
 
15.35-15.50

Reserved time for last minute presentation
TBA

 
15.50-16:00 Presentation of draft statement
Gary Ford, Newcastle/ Mia von Euler, Stockholm
 

16.00-16.15

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Gary Ford, Newcastle

 

16.15-16.25

Summary and closing of the first day of the meeting, original programme
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm

 

16.25-17.00

Karolinska Stroke Award Ceremony
Ceremony in the presence of the President of Karolinska Institutet Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson

 
  All participants are welcome to the following satellite session:  

17.05-18.00

SITS investigators' open session
Chair: Niaz Ahmed, Stockholm
Open for all meeting participants

 
17.05-17.15 SITS as a global tool for stroke quality development and research - the new database
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm
 
17.15-17.30 Helsinki,.world leading stroke centre in SITS: The pathway to minimal treatment delays
Lauri Soinne, Helsinki
 
17.30-17.45

Czech Republic, successful nation in SITS: Finding the optimal organisation for thrombolysis
Robert Mikulik, Brno

 
17.45-18.00 UK, successful nation in SITS
Gary Ford, Newcastle
 
19:15-20:15 Welcome cocktail in the "Upstairs bar"  

20:15

Gala Dinner

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 16th

 

08.30-08.35

Introduction to day 2

 

08.35-10.20

Session: Reperfusion therapy - intravenous thrombolysis
Chair: Markku Kaste, Helsinki/ Secretary: Nikolaos Kostulas, Stockholm

 

08.35-08.55

Extension of the time window for intravenous thrombolysis to 4.5 h, update on efficacy and safety based on pooled RCT and SITS data
Danilo Toni, Rome

 

08.55-09.15 Extension of thrombolysis beyond a time window of 4.5 h: the role of multimodal imaging
Jan Sobesky, Berlin
 
09.15-09.35 Can thrombolysis be extended to the very elderly, to all baseline severity grades and patients with diabetes and previous stroke - data from SITS and VISTA collaborations
Kennedy R Lees, Glasgow
 
09.35-09.55 Intracerebral haemorrhage after thrombolysis - prediction and outcome
Michael Mazya, Stockholm
 
09.55-10.05 Presentation of draft statement
Markku Kaste, Helsinki/ Nikolaos Kostulas, Stockholm
 

10.05-10.20

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Markuu Kaste, Helsinki

 

10.20-10.50

Coffee break

 

10.50-11.10

Special lecture: Intravenous thrombolysis - a dynamic report from SITS 2003-2010
Speaker: Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm

 

11.10-12.10

Session: Reperfusion therapy - thrombectomy
Chair: Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg/.Secretary: Magnus Thorén, Stockholm
 
11.10-11.30 Thrombectomy is evidence.based treatment - state of the art
Natan Bornstein, Tel Aviv
 
11.30-11.45 Thrombectomy is not evidence-based treatment
Peter Schellinger, Minden
 
11.45-11.55 Presentation of draft statement
Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg/ Magnus Thorén, Stockholm
 
11.55-12.10

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg

 

12.10-13.05

Lunch and poster exhibition
Clinical trials presentation will occur in the auditorium during the lunch break with start 12:40
12:40-12:50: IST-3, an update (Veronica Murray Stockholm on behalf of the IST-3 collaborative group)

 

13.05-13.30

Special lecture: Implementation of stroke programmes and guidelines in clinical practice - lessons learned from stroke registers
Speaker: Bo Norrving, Lund

 

13.30-14.35

Session: Reperfusion therapy: Sonothrombolysis
Chair: David Russell, Oslo / Secretary: Tiago Moreira, Stockholm,

 

13.30-13.50

Sonothrombolysis: current evidence and future perspectives
Robert Mikulik, Brno

 

13.50-14.10 Sonothrombolysis, what can we hope for?
Stephen Meairs, Mannheim
 
14.10-14.20 Presentation of draft statement
David Russell, Oslo, Tiago Moreira, Stockholm
 

14.20-14.35

Consensus discussion and statement
David Russell, Oslo

 

14.35-15.05

Coffee break

 

15.10-17.05

Session: Management of intracerebral haemorrhage
Chair Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg and Gabriel Rinkel, Utrecht /Secretary: Michael Mazya, Stockholm

 

15.10-15.25

Overview of intracerebral haemorrhage
Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

 

15.25-15.40 Imaging in ICH
Charlotte Cordonnier, Lille
 

15.40-15.55

Status of surgical treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage
Dan Hanley, Baltimore

 

16.55-16.10

Status of pharmacological haemostasis in intracerebral haemorrhage
Karsten Overgaard, Copenhagen

 

16.10-16.25 Blood pressure management in intracerebral haemorrhage
Christian Stapf, Paris
 
16.25-16.40 Neuroprotection in intracerebral haemorrhage
Jesper Petersson, Malmö
 
16.40-16.50 Presentation of draft statement
Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg/ Michael Mazya, Stockholm
 
16.50-17.05

Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg

 

17.05-17.15

Summary and closing of the meeting
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm