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Evolving Strategies in Stroke Management

Advances in Neurology 2024
06 November 2024 | Virtual Webinar

Evolving Strategies in Stroke Management

Advances in Neurology 2024
06 November 2024 | Virtual Webinar

VJNeurology is excited to bring you presentation summaries and panel discussions from our webinar on Evolving Strategies in Stroke Management.

Chaired by Prof. Simona Sacco, President-Elect of the European Stroke Organisation,
& University of L’Aquila, Italy

Co-moderated by Prof. Ashkan Shoamanesh, McMaster University, Canada &
Prof. Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Please note this webinar is intended for healthcare professionals, allied health professionals & researchers only.

Session 1: Novel approaches using thrombolytics in ischemic stroke Session 2: Latest in clinical decision-making in ischemic stroke Session 3: Recent progress in hemorrhagic stroke management

Session 1: Novel approaches using thrombolytics in ischemic stroke

Shelagh Coutts
Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): A randomised, open label, Phase 3 superiority trial
Shelagh Coutts University of Calgary
Vignan Yogendrakumar
Tenecteplase versus alteplase for thrombolysis in patients selected by use of perfusion imaging within 4.5 h of onset of ischaemic stroke (TASTE): A multicentre, randomised, controlled, Phase 3 non-inferiority trial
Vignan Yogendrakumar Ottawa Hospital and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Session 1: panel discussion

Session 2: Latest in clinical decision-making in ischemic stroke

Craig Anderson
INTERACT4 (intensive ambulance-delivered blood pressure reduction in hyper-acute stroke trial): Main results
Craig Anderson The George Institute for Global Health
Valeria Caso
European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines on the diagnosis and management of patent foramen ovale (PFO) after stroke
Valeria Caso Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia
Daniel Strbian
European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) guideline on acute management of basilar artery occlusion
Daniel Strbian Helsinki University Central Hospital
Session 2: panel discussion

Session 3: Recent progress in hemorrhagic stroke management

Gustavo Pradilla
Trial of early minimally invasive removal of intracerebral hemorrhage
Gustavo Pradilla Emory School of Medicine
Ashkan Shoamanesh
Andexanet for factor Xa inhibitor–associated acute intracerebral hemorrhage
Ashkan Shoamanesh McMaster University
Urs Fischer & Jürgen Beck
Swiss trial of decompressive craniectomy versus best medical treatment of deep supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhage (SWITCH)
Urs Fischer & Jürgen Beck University Hospital Bern & University of Freiburg
Session 3: panel discussion

The Evolving Strategies in Stroke Management webinar was supported by an independent medical education grant from Medtronic.
Medtronic is committed to supporting scientific discussion.
Medtronic have not and will not influence the content of the webinar in order to further ensure commercial independence of scientific content.

 

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