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Friday 19 January 2018
Welcome by the Chairperson of the Council on Stroke (P. Widimsky)
Plenary session I: Etiology of ischemic stroke
Chairs: P. Widimsky, M. Rubiera del Fueyo
Lecture 1 : M. Rubiera del Fueyo: The role of time on ischemic stroke progression
Lecture 2 : I.C. Van Gelder: Atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias and stroke
Lecture 3 : P. Lanzer: Structural heart disease and stroke
Lecture 4 : N. Bornstein: Atherosclerosis and stroke
Lecture 5 : Dmitry Skrypnik : Stroke treatment using AMI network in Moscow
Lecture 6 : W. Doehner: Coagulation and ischemic stroke
Panel discussion : all speakers + both chairs
Plenary session II: Hot debates in stroke
Chairs : A. Halliday, N. Bornstein
Debate 1: Novel oral anticoagulants should replace warfarin in all patients with atrial fibrillation
J. Camm: Pro
P. Widimsky: Contra
Panel discussion
Keynote lecture on Future of Stroke Treatment
Chairs: M. Rubiera del Fueyo, W. Doehner
L.Nelson Hopkins: Innovation… the future of acute stroke treatment: North American perspective
Plenary session II: Hot debates in stroke
Chairs : A. Halliday, N. Bornstein
Debate 2: Treatment of heart failure can decrease the risk of stroke
W. Doehner: Pro
P. Lanzer: Contra
Panel discussion
Debate 3: Thrombolytics have much broader indications than mechanical thrombectomy in stroke
M. Rubiera del Fueyo: Pro
M. Mazighi: Contra
Panel discussion
Saturday 20 January 2018
Plenary Session III: Stroke prevention
Debate 4: ECG monitoring after ischemic stroke/TIA of unknown source: wide use of insertable monitors ?
I.C. Van Gelder: Pro
P. Osmancik: Contra
Panel discussion
Plenary Session III: Stroke prevention
Chairs : M. Mazighi, I. Van Gelder
B. Rantner: The role of vascular surgeon in stroke prevention
A. Lansky: NeuroARC consensus on neurologic endpoints for cardiovascular trials
J.C. Barthelemy: Hypolipidemic drugs in stroke prevention
M. Rubiera del Fueyo: Secondary prevention after ESUS
P. Widimsky: Left atrial appendage closure
M. Schwerzmann: Patent foramen ovale closure
J. Kovac: How to prevent periprocedural stroke in interventional cardiology
M. Czerny: How to prevent periprocedural stroke in cardiac surgery
A. Halliday: Carotid Stenosis - selecting the high risk patients for intervention
Panel discussion: all speakers + both chairs
Keynote lecture on Future of Stroke Treatment
Chairs: M. Rubiera del Fueyo, W. Doehner
Bart van der Worp: The European perspective
Workshops on stroke treatment
Workshop 1: Thrombolysis (M. Rubiera del Fueyo, N. Bornstein)
Workshop 2: Catheter-based thrombectomy and carotid revascularization (M. Mazighi, A. Halliday)
Workshop 3: Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs (S. Wassmann, P. Widimsky)
Plenary session IV
Chairs: P. Widimsky, W. Doehner
Wrap-up of the workshops, presented by the workshops leaders.
W. Doehner: Concluding remarks
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This meeting is endorsed by the European Stroke Organization.
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