Education Symposia from the 18th European Stroke Conference

Stockholm, 26th May, 2009

 
     
Teaching course 1 Difficult decision-making in stroke management  
J. de Keyser Thrombolysis decisions in particular clinical situations  
D. Werring Botulinum toxin for spasticity after stroke: when to treat?  
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E. Jüttler Individual decision making in malignant MCA infarction and hemicraniectomy  
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V. Murray Antidepressive therapy after stroke: when is it indicated?  
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Teaching course 2 Stroke Mimics  
P.D. Lyden Differential diagnoses of TIA and stroke  
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H. Mattle Uncommon TIA/stroke-mimics (HANDLE, posterior reversible encephalopathy)  
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A. Carson Functional paralysis  
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Teaching course 3 Heart and brain  
A. Chamorro Difficult decision making in patients with AF-associated stroke  
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J. Jensen Raised troponin-levels in acute stroke: what does it mean?  
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E. Touzé Should we look for coronary heart disease in stroke patients?  
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A. Slowik Stroke and heart failure  
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Teaching course 4 Stroke recurrence  
B. Carlberg BP lowering after stroke: when to start, what to start, how much?  
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K. Asplund How do we make persons change life-style after stroke?  
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Teaching course 5 Translational basic science in stroke  
V. Berezowski Novel in vitro models of the Neurovascular Unit  
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T. Wieloch Mild hypothermia – neuroprotection that works  
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Teaching course 6 Stroke in young adults  
T. Brandt Dissection  
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J-L. Mas PFO-Update  
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R. Salman Arterio-venous malformations  
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Teaching course 7 Stroke and vision  
N. Bornstein The retinal vessels as mirror of the brain vessels  
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A. Kesler Episodic loss of vision: diagnostic challenges  
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D. Kömpf Oculomotor disturbances  
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Teaching course 8 Primary prevention of stroke and vascular cognitive impairment  
H-C. Diener Primary stroke prevention: principles and players  
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P. Wester The metabolic syndrome and diabetes as precursors of stroke  
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P.J. Touboul Screening for atherosclerosis as surrogate risk factors for stroke   
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V. Hachinski Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: can it be prevented?  
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Teaching course 9 Stroke syndromes    
R. Kern Borderzone ischemia syndromes: hemodynamics, embolism, or both?  
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E. Carrera Posterior cerebral artery syndromes  
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M. Zuber Cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes  
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E. Carrera Cerebellar stroke syndromes  
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Teaching course 10 Stroke in the very old  
A. Lindgren Stroke in the very old: epidemiological and clinical overview  
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G. Ford Pharmacological aspects of stroke prevention in the elderly patient  
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O. Benavente Stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation  
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A. Förster Management of thrombolysis in elderly patients  
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