Acute Stroke Challenges
16:00 - 18:00 - Tuesday, 26th April
Venue: Kensington 1
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Charing Cross Debate
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
| Anchor: | Roger Greenhalgh, London, United Kingdom |
| Moderators: | Barbara Rantner, Munich, Germany |
| Hugh Markus, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
16:00 - 16:10
TCAR is a safe and effective alternative to transfemoral CAS or CEA in the treatment of patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis
For the motion
16:00 - 16:05
| Michael Stoner, Rochester, United States |
Against the motion
16:05 - 16:10
| Gert Jan de Borst, Utrecht, Netherlands |
16:10 - 16:20
Audience participation, discussion and polling
16:20 - 16:30
Treatment of asymptomaticinternal carotid artery stenosis should only be performed when there is a risk of periprocedural 30-day stroke and a death rate of 2% or less
For the motion
16:20 - 16:25
| Hans-Henning Eckstein, Munich, Germany |
Against the motion
16:25 - 16:30
| Alison Halliday, Oxford, United Kingdom |
16:30 - 16:40
Audience participation, discussion and polling
16:40 - 16:50
50-70% of symptomatic carotid artery stenosis should be managed with best medical treatment without carotid endarterectomy
For the motion
16:45 - 16:50
| Alun Davies, United Kingdom |
Against the motion
16:40 - 16:45
| Pirkka Vikatmaa, Helsinki, Finland |
16:50 - 17:00
Audience participation, discussion and polling
17:00 - 17:10
The majority of patients with TIA/ischaemic stroke who have concomitant atrial fibrillation and carotid artery stenosis should be treated with anticoagulation alone
For the motion
17:00 - 17:05
| Dominick McCabe, Dublin, Ireland |
Against the motion
17:05 - 17:10
| Henrik Sillesen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
17:10 - 17:20
Audience participation, discussion and polling
17:20 - 17:30
Dissecting aneurysms should only be treated medically, not with stenting or surgery
For the motion
17:20 - 17:25
| Gert Jan de Borst, Utrecht, Netherlands |
Against the motion
17:25 - 17:30
| Domenico Valenti, London, United Kingdom |
17:30 - 17:40
Audience participation, discussion and polling
17:40 - 17:45
Risk of stroke in relation to the degree of asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis
| Speaker: | Dominic Howard, Oxford, United Kingdom |
17:45 - 17:50
Audience participation and discussion
17:50 - 17:55
International variation in carotid surgery is huge despite all the randomised trials performed
| Speaker: | Maarit Venermo, Helsinki, Finland |
17:55 - 18:00
Audience participation and discussion