Please note that the programme below is preliminary. The invitation/confirmation process is ongoing, and invitations-to-be-confirmed (TBC) will be replaced by names continuously. Latest update: Wednesday 25th August 09:41
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Monday, November 15th |
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07.00-16.30 |
Registration desk |
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08.30-08.45 |
Welcome address and introduction
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm, and Didier Leys, Lille
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08.45-10.15 |
Session: Carotid endarterectomy vs angioplasty
Chairs: Jean-Louis Mas, Paris
Secretary: Konstantinos Kostulas, Stockholm
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| 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)
Invited TBC |
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| 09.05-09.25 |
Carotid Endarterectomy should remain the treatment of choice for patients suitable for surgery, results from the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS)
Invited TBC |
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09.25-09.45 |
What is the overall impression of carotid endarterectomy vs stenting trials?
Peter Rothwell, Oxford |
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| 09.45-09.55 |
Presentation of draft statement
Konstantinos Kostulas |
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09.55-10.15 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Jean-Louis Mas, Paris
Additional discussants: TBC |
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10.15-10.45 |
Special lecture: Title to be confirmed
Chair: Nils Wahlgren
Speaker: Takenori Yamaguchi, Osaka
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| 10.45-11.15 |
Coffee Break |
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11.15-12.15 |
Session: Cerebral artery dissection
Chair: Jacques De Keyser, Brussels Anna Czlonkowska, Warsaw /Secretary: Christina Sjöstrand, Stockholm
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| 11.15-11.35 |
Management of extracranial artery dissections
Marie-Germaine Bousser, Paris |
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| 11.35-11.50 |
Management of intracranial artery dissections
Gert-Jan Luijckx, Groningen |
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11.50-12.00 |
Presentation of draft statement
Christina Sjöstrand, Stockholm |
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12.00-12.15 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Jacques De Keyser, Brussels |
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12.15-13.15 |
Lunch and poster exhibition |
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13.15-14.35 |
Session: Prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation
Chair: Gary Ford, Newcastle and Bo Norrving, Lund/Secretary: Mia von Euler, Stockholm |
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| 13.15-13.35 |
Dabigatran is superior to Warfarin in prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation - overall results of the RE-LY study
Invited TBC |
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13.35-13.55 |
Dabigatran is superior to Warfarin in secondary prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation - subgroup results of the RE-LY study
Christoph Diener, Essen |
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13.55-14.15 |
Warfarin may still be the better alternative
Didier Leys, Lille |
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14.15-14.25 |
Presentation of draft statement
Mia von Euler, Stockholm |
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14.25-14.40 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Gary Ford, Newcastle |
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14.40-15.10 |
Coffee break |
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15.10-16.15 |
Session: Subarachnoid haemorrhage and aneurysms - new guidelines
Chair: Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg ./Secretary: Michael Mazya, Stockholm |
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| 15.10-15.30 |
Presentations in this session to be confirmedT mmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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| 15.30-15.45 |
TIA is an emergency - admit to an acute stroke unit
Gary Ford, Newcastle |
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| 15.45-15.55 |
Presentation of draft statement
Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Stockholm |
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15.55-16.15 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Thorsten Steiner |
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16.15-16.25 |
Summary and closing of the first day of the meeting, original programme
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm |
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| 16.25-17.00 |
Karolinska Stroke Award Ceremony
Ceremony in the presence of the President of Karolinska Institutet Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson |
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All participants are welcome to the following satellite session: |
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17.05-18.15 |
SITS investigators' open session
Chair: Niaz Ahmed, Stockholm
Open for all meeting participants
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| 17.05-17.15 |
SITS as a global tool for stroke quality development and research - the new database
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm |
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| 17.15-17.30 |
Helsinki,.world leading stroke centre in SITS: The pathway to minimal treatment delays
Lauri Soinne, Helsinki |
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| 17.30-17.45 |
Czech Republic, successful nation in SITS: Finding the optimal organisation for thrombolysis
Robert Mikulik, Brno |
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| 17.45-18.00 |
UK, successful nation in SITS
Gary Ford, Newcastle |
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| 18.00-18.15 |
Italy, successful nation in SITS: How to integrate iv thrombolysis with the stroke unit model
Danilo Toni, Rome |
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19.30 |
Gala Dinner |
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Tuesday, November 16th |
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08.30-08.35 |
Introduction to day 2 |
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08.35-10.20 |
Session: Reperfusion therapy - intravenous thrombolysis
Chair: Markku Kaste, Helsinki/ Secretary: Nikolaos Kostulas, Stockholm
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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
Invited TBC |
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| 08.55-09.15 |
Extension of thrombolysis beyond a time window of 4.5 h: the role of multimodal imaging
Invited TBC |
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| 09.15-09.35 |
Can thrombolysis be exended 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 |
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09.35-09.55 |
Intracerebral haemorrhage after thrombolysis - prediction and outcome
Michael Mazya, Stockholm |
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| 09.55-10.05 |
Presentation of draft statement
Nikolaos Kostulas, Stockholm |
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10.05-10.20 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by TBC |
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10.20-10.50 |
Coffee break |
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10.50-11.10 |
Special lecture: Intravenous thrombolysis - a dynamic report from SITS 2003-2010
Speaker: Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm |
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11.10-12.10 |
Session: Reperfusion therapy - thrombectomy
Chair: Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg/..................................... Secretary: TBC |
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| 11.10-11.30 |
Thrombectomy is evidence.based treatment - state of the art
Invited TBC |
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| 11.30-11.45 |
Thrombectomy is not evidence-based treatment
Peter Schellinger, Minden |
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| 11.45-11.55 |
Presentation of draft statement
Invited TBC |
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| 11.55-12.10 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg |
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12.10-13.05 |
Lunch and poster exhibition |
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13.05-13.30 |
Special lecture: Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Anne Alexandrov, Birmingham, AL |
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13.30-14.50 |
Session: Reperfusion therapy: Sonothrombolysis
Chair: David Russell, Oslo and László Csiba, Debrecen/ Secretary: Tiago Moreira, Stockholm, Discussant: TBC |
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13.30-13.50 |
Sonothrombolysis: current evidence and future perspectives
Andrei Alexandrov, Birmingham, AL |
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| 13.50-14.10 |
Sonothrombolysis, what can we hope for?
Stephen Meairs, Mannheim |
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| 14.10-14.20 |
Presentation of draft statement
Tiago Moreira, Stockholm |
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14.20-14.35 |
Consensus discussion and statement
David Russell, Oslo |
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14.35-15.05 |
Coffee break |
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15.10-17.05 |
Session: Management of intracerebral haemorrhage
Chair Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg, Mikael Svensson, Stockholm /Secretary: Michael Mazya, Stockholm |
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15.10-15.25 |
Overview of intracerebral haemorrhage
Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg |
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| 15.25-15.40 |
Imaging in ICH
Invited TBC
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15.40-15.55 |
Status of surgical treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage
Invited TBC |
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16.55-16.10 |
Status of pharmacological treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage
Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg |
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| 16.10-16.25 |
Blood pressure management in intracerebral haemorrhage
Invited TBC |
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| 16.25-16.40 |
Neuroprotection in intracerebral haemorrhage
Invited TBC |
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| 16.40-16.50 |
Presentation of draft statement
Michael Mazya, Stockholm |
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| 16.50-17.05 |
Consensus discussion and statement
Chaired by Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg |
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17.05-17.15 |
Summary and closing of the meeting
Nils Wahlgren, Stockholm |
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