Day 2 Morning: Acute Stroke & Carotid Controversies - Wednesday, 24th April
Venue:   Theatre 3
Time: 08:00 - 13:00
Acute Stroke & Carotid Controversies
Time: 08:00 - 10:10
Anchor:   Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany
Moderator:   Domenico Valenti, London, United Kingdom
08:00 - 08:07
“Unanswered questions" arising from the 2023 ESVS guidelines
Speaker:   Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany
08:07 - 08:14
Audience participation & discussion
08:14 - 08:28
Debate: Patients with symptomatic near occlusion in the internal carotid artery (ICA) should only be treated medically

For the motion
08:14 - 08:21
Konstantinos Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece

Against the motion
08:21 - 08:28
Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany

08:28 - 08:40
Audience participation & discussion
08:40 - 08:47
Results from the registry on post-dissection internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms
Speaker:   Gert de Borst, Utrecht, Netherlands
08:47 - 08:50
Audience participation & discussion
08:50 - 08:57
Acute Stroke Controversies Carousel: After treatment of a post-dissection ICA-aneurysm: Leaving solid ground
Speaker:   Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany
08:57 - 09:00
Audience participation & discussion
09:00 - 09:14
Debate: Best medical treatment (BMT) only is as effective as carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) in patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis

For the motion
09:00 - 09:07
Melina Vega de Ceniga, Usansolo, Spain

Against the motion
09:07 - 09:14
Richard Bulbulia, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

09:14 - 09:20
Audience participation & discussion
09:20 - 09:27
Stroke in the context of complex aortic aneurysm repair, incidences and strategies to avoid
Speaker:   Daniela Branzan, Munich, Germany
09:27 - 09:30
Audience participation & discussion
09:30 - 09:37
Transcarotid Artery Revascularisation (TCAR) high-risk patient population and new diffusion-weighted MRI hits
Speaker:   Michael Stoner, Rochester, United States
09:37 - 09:40
Audience participation & discussion
09:40 - 09:54
Debate: Patients with symptomatic carotid artery web should only be treated medically

For the motion
09:40 - 09:47
Alun Davies, London, United Kingdom

Against the motion
09:47 - 09:54
Maarit Venermo, Helsinki, Finland

09:54 - 10:00
Audience participation & discussion
10:00 - 10:07
Acute Stroke Controversies Carousel: Where eagles dare
Speaker:   Domenico Valenti, London, United Kingdom
10:07 - 10:10
Audience participation & discussion
 
Coffee break
Time: 10:10 - 10:30
Acute Stroke & Carotid Controversies
Time: 10:30 - 12:20
Anchor:   Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany
Moderator:   Domenico Valenti, London, United Kingdom
10:30 - 10:44
Keynote lecture: Patient selection and timing of mechanical thrombectomy
Speaker:   Dominick McCabe, Dublin, Ireland
10:44 - 10:50
Audience participation & discussion
10:50 - 11:04
Debate: CAS is the treatment of choice for underlying ICA stenosis after mechanical thrombectomy

For the motion
10:50 - 10:57
Naga Kandasamy, London, United Kingdom

Against the motion
10:57 - 11:04
Franco Grego, Padua, Italy

11:04 - 11:10
Audience participation & discussion
11:10 - 11:17
Optical coherence tomography analysis of carotid stenting and the benefit of micromesh stent design
Speaker:   Gianmarco de Donato, Siena, Italy
11:17 - 11:20
Audience participation & discussion
11:20 - 11:27
Flow diversion device for the treatment of aneurysms and false aneurysms extra and intracranially
Speaker:   Naga Kandasamy, London, United Kingdom
11:27 - 11:30
Audience participation & discussion
11:30 - 11:37
Technical tips and bail-out strategies after mechanical thrombectomy
Speaker:   Levansri Makalanda, London, United Kingdom
11:37 - 11:40
Audience participation & discussion
11:40 - 11:47
Controversies Carousel: Puppet on a string
Speaker:   Gert de Borst, Utrecht, Netherlands
11:47 - 11:50
Audience participation & discussion
11:50 - 12:04
Debate: Patients with vertebro-basilar ischaemia should be treated with endovascular intervention

For the motion
11:50 - 11:57
Levansri Makalanda, London, United Kingdom

Against the motion
11:57 - 12:04
Francesco Spinelli, Roma, Italy

12:04 - 12:10
Audience participation & discussion
12:10 - 12:17
Neurointervention Controversies Carousel
Speaker:   Levansri Makalanda, London, United Kingdom
12:17 - 12:20
Audience participation & discussion
 
New Technologies
Time: 12:20 - 13:00
Anchor:   Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany
Moderator:   Domenico Valenti, London, United Kingdom
12:20 - 12:27
Carotid technology controversies
Speaker:   William Gray, Wynnewood, United States
12:27 - 12:30
Audience participation & discussion
12:30 - 12:37
Podium First: First release of PERFORMANCE II data in Europe
Speaker:   Ralf Langhoff, Berlin, Germany
12:37 - 12:40
Audience participation & discussion
12:40 - 12:47
Anti-embolic stent CAS vs single-layer stent CAS vs CEA
Speaker:   Piotr Musialek, Krakow, Poland
12:47 - 12:50
Audience participation & discussion
12:50 - 12:57
Carotid stenting with good technique and contemporary equipment is competitive with CEA and TCAR
Speaker:   Christopher Metzger, Kingsport, United States
12:57 - 13:00
Audience participation & discussion
 
Lunch break
Time: 13:00 - 13:30