Hot Topics in Stroke

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:MM: Manitoba

CE: 2

Audience:

Adult Neurologist, Resident, Fellow, Nurses with interest in topic

Learning Level:

Basic (Resident, New Information), Intermediate (Practicing Physician), Advanced (Special Interest, Higher Level Discussion)

Learning Format:

Forum/panels, Seminar

CanMEDs Roles:

Medical Expert, Scholar, Communicator, Health Advocate, Professional

Co-Chair(s)

BG

Brett Graham
MK

Mahesh Kate
AW

Amy Wagner

Speaker(s)

RS

Rick Swartz
MH

Michael Hill
CH

Christine Hawkes
SR

Stephanie Reiter

The field of stroke is changing rapidly. Please join our expert group to learn about practice changing developments in stroke prevention, acute stroke therapies, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the session the participant will be able to understand the concept of sublinical atrial fibrillation and its relevance to clinical practice.
At the end of the session the participant will be able to discuss updates in intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke, including new agents (i.e. TNK) and expanding indications.
At the end of the session the participant will be able to discuss updates in endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke, including treatment of large ischemic cores and distal vessel occlusions, among others.
At the end of the session the participant will be able to describe updates in the natural history, diagnosis, and management of cerebral venous thrombosis.

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM EST

Moderator
Speaker: Brett Graham
Speaker: Mahesh Kate
Speaker: Amy Wagner
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM EST

Updates in Thrombolysis
Speaker: Rick Swartz
2:55 PM – 3:20 PM EST

TEMPO-2 trial
Speaker: Michael Hill
2:55 PM – 3:20 PM EST

Updates in EVT
Speaker: Christine Hawkes
3:20 PM – 3:45 PM EST

Updates in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Speaker: Stephanie Reiter
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Discussion