| DAY I Wednesday, 21 August, 2013 | |
| 10.00 - 18.00 Registration. Lobby. | |
| 12.00 - 16.30 | SESSION 1. Alfa hall. |
| Part 1. Chairs: Janika Kõrv (EE), Felix Schlachetzki (DE) | |
| 12.00 - 12.25 | Janina Kõrv (Estonia) Stroke awareness: an important factor influencing prehospital delay at stroke onset |
| 12.25 - 12.50 | Felix Schlachetzki (Germany) Prehospital stroke diagnosis – what is possible? |
| 12.50 - 13.15 | Natan Bornstein (Israel) Time is brain – TIA as an emergency |
| 13.15 - 13.40 | Raul Adlas (Estonia) Extended analysis of Tallinn ambulance services: real life experience |
| 13.40 - 14.00 | Discussions |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| Part 2. Chairs: Tiina Sairanen (Fl), Karin Gross-Paju (EE) | |
| 14.30 - 14.55 | Aleksandras Vilionskis (Lithuania) Prehospital management of stroke |
| 14.55 - 15.20 | Katrin Gross-Paju (Estonia) Time delays in pre- and in-hospital acute stroke care in Tallinn, Estonia |
| 15.20 - 15.45 | Tiina Sairanen (Finland) Thrombolysis through Finnish Telestroke |
| 15.45 - 16.10 | Raul Adlas (Estonia) Video-cases on practical management for ambulance staff |
| 16.10 - 16.30 | Discussions |
| Educational seminar for junior faculty | |
| 16.30 - 18.00 | Marc Fisher (United States) and Markku Kaste (Finland) Writing scientific papers and reviewing for scientific journals |
| 19.00 | OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME RECEPTION The Grand Courtyard and St. Johns' Church of Vilnius University. Address: Universiteto str. 3. |
| DAY II Thursday, 22 August, 2013 | |
| 07.30 - 19.00 Registration. Lobby. | |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | Session 2A. Alfa hall. Risks and prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation Chairs: Marc Fisher (US), Grethe Andersen (DK) |
| 08.30 - 08.50 | David Russell (Norway) Atrial fibrillation and stroke |
| 08.50 - 09.10 | Mårten Rosenqvist (Sweden) Distribution, risk profile and population screening for atrial fibrillation |
| 09.10 - 09.30 | Louisa M. Christensen (Denmark) Monitoring for atrial fibrillation following stroke |
| 09.30 - 09.50 | Marc Fisher (United States) New anticoagulants for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and combination antithrombotic therapy |
| 09.50 - 10.10 | Grethe Andersen (Denmark) Interventional closure of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation |
| 10.10 - 10.20 (SC) | David Collas (United Kingdom) Atrial fibrillation and the burden of anticoagulation: can we do better? |
| 10.20 - 10.30 | Discussions |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | Session 2B. Lambda hall. Recovery from brain injury after stroke and stroke rehabilitation Chairs: Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen (SE), Sinikka H. Peurala (Fl) |
| 08.30 - 08.50 | Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen (Sweden) Motor function after stroke, what can we do to enhance it? |
| 08.50 - 09.10 | Sinikka H. Peurala (Finland) Rehabilitation of mobility after stroke: balance, walking and constraint-induced movement therapy |
| 09.10 - 09.30 | Thomas Lindén (Sweden) Cognitive and emotional aspects of stroke in early rehabilitation |
| 09.30 - 09.50 | Hanne Christensen (Denmark) Imaging strategies to assess functional recovery in stroke |
| 09.50 - 10.00 (SC) | Carina U. Persson (Sweden) One year follow-up of walking balance, expressed as timed up and go, after stroke: postural stroke study in Gothenburg (POSTGOT) |
| 10.00 - 10.10 (SC) | Birgitta Langhammer (Norway) A prospective multicenter study of stroke rehabilitation in six countries: Norway, China, USA, Russia, Israel and Palestine |
| 10.10 - 10.20 (SC) | Karsten Overgaard (Denmark) Post-stroke rehabilitation at home reduced disability and improved quality of life: a randomized controlled trial |
| 10.20 - 10.30 (SC) | Ann-Cathrin Jönsson (Sweden) Health and activities ten years after stroke from professional as well as patients' perspectives |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| 11.00 - 12.45 | Session 3. Alfa hall. |
| 11.00 - 11.25 | Felix Schlachetzki (Germany) The impact of neurosonography in acute stroke patients |
| 11.25 - 11.50 | Lauri Soinne (Finland) Impact of brain tissue and vessel imaging in acute stroke patients |
| 11.50 - 12.15 | Patrik Michel (Switzerland) Imaging criteria defining acute ischemic stroke patients for clinical trials |
| 12.15 - 12.40 | Rüdiger von Kummer (Germany) Outcome assessment with imaging in clinical trials on acute ischemic stroke treatment |
| 12.40 - 12.45 | Discussions |
| 12.45 - 14.00 | POSTER SESSION AND LUNCH. Beta hall. Click HERE for poster time schedule. |
| 13.10 - 13.50 | Lunch symposium. Lambda hall. Dalius Jatužis (Lithuania) The new possibilities to enhance brain repair after stroke |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Session 4A. Alfa hall. Contraversial and new aspects of stroke management and prevention Chairs: Perttu J. Lindsberg (FI), Kristina Ryliškienė (LT) |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Grethe Andersen (Denmark) Is there finally closure on PFO-closure? |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Kristina Ryliškienė (Lithuania) Thrombophilias and stroke: when to test and how to treat? |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Perttu J. Lindsberg (Finland) Current treatment of basilar artery occlusion |
| 15.00 - 15.15 (SC) | Daniel Strbian (Finland) Thrombolysis of basilar artery occlusion: impact of baseline ischemia and time |
| 15.15 - 15.30 (SC) | Benjamin Bray (United Kingdom) Bigger, faster? Associations between hospital thrombolysis volume and speed of thrombolysis administration in acute ischaemic stroke |
| 15.30 - 15.45 (SC) | Line Bentsen (Denmark) Renal denervation to treat hypertension after stroke - a new concept? |
| 15.45 - 16.00 | Aliona Nacu (Norway) Crushing the clot: The Norwegian Sonothrombolysis in Acute Stroke study (NOR-SASS) |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Session 4B. Lambda hall. Stroke genetics and risk factors Chairs: Arne Lindgren (SE), Dalius Jatužis (LT) |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Arne Lindgren (Sweden) Stroke genetics: an overview and update |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Ulf Schminke (Germany) Genetics of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Christina Jern (Sweden) The Sahlgrenska Academy Study on Ischemic Stroke (SAHLSIS) - focus on haemostasis and genetics in relation to subtypes of ischemic stroke and long-term outcome |
| 15.00 - 15.20 | Dalius Jatužis (Lithuania) Dyslipidemia, statins and stroke: an update |
| 15.20 - 15.40 | Jong S Kim (Korea) Intracranial Atherosclerosis (ICAS) vs. Extracranial Atherosclerosis (ECAS): are they different? |
| 15.40 - 15.50 (SC) | Kati Kortelainen (Finland) Intracranial stenosis and occlusions in Finnish population |
| 15.50 - 16.00 | Discussions |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| 16.30 - 18.40 | Session 5A. Alfa hall. Stroke in young adults and women Chairs: Bo Norrving (SE), Jukka Putaala (FI) |
| 16.30 - 16.50 | Bo Norrving (Sweden) TIA and stroke in the young: the SIFAP study |
| 16.50 - 17.10 | Jukka Putaala (Finland) Causes of cardioembolism in young adult patients |
| 17.10 - 17.30 | Annette Fromm (Norway) Outcomes and consequences of stroke in the young |
| 17.30 - 17.50 | Sylvain Lanthier (Canada) The International Study on Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (Interspace): A Call to the World |
| 17.50 - 18.10 | Kirsi Rantanen (Finland) Stroke in women - oral contraception and pregnancy |
| 18.10 - 18.30 | Diana Obelienienė (Lithuania) Migraine and stroke |
| 18.30 - 18.40 | Discussions |
| 16.30 - 18.30 | Session 5B. Lambda hall. The impact of stroke-specific registries Chairs: Nils Wahlgren (SE), Atte Meretoja (FI) |
| 16.30 - 16.50 | Nils Wahlgren (Sweden) World-wide expansion of SITS registry: new studies and protocols |
| 16.50 - 17.10 | Robert Mikulik (Czech Republik) Logistics of thrombolytic treatment: what we learnt from SITS registry |
| 17.10 - 17.30 | Atte Meretoja (Finland) Trends in treatment and outcome of stroke patients in Finland. PERFECT Stroke, a nationwide register study |
| 17.30 - 17.50 | Søren Paaske Johnsen (Denmark) The Danish Stroke Registry: Practical experiences and research perspectives |
| 17.50 - 18.10 | Joung-Ho Rha (Korea) Ethnicity & dosing issue of IV tPA - insights from SITS-NEW study |
| 18.10 - 18.20 (SC) | Anna Stecksén (Sweden) Socioeconomic inequalities in access to stroke thrombolysis and thrombectomy - observations in the Swedish Stroke Register (Riks-Stroke) |
| 18.20 - 18.30 | Discussions |
| DAY III Friday, 23 August, 2013 | |
| 07.30 - 19.00 Registration | |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | Session 6. Alfa hall. Treatment and prevention in hemorrhagic stroke Chairs: Charlotte Cordonnier (FR), Karsten Overgaard (DK) |
| 08.30 - 08.50 | Karsten Overgaard (Denmark) Challenges and current status of treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage |
| 08.50 - 09.10 | Jesper Petersson (Sweden) Anticoagulation after intracerebral hemorrhage - to be or not to be? |
| 09.10 - 09.30 | Charlotte Cordonnier (France) Causes of ICH in the elderly |
| 09.30 - 09.50 | Byung-Woo Yoon (Korea) Opportunities for improving outcomes of brain hemorrhage |
| 09.50 - 10.00 (SC) | Sami Curtze (Finland) Intracerebral hemorrhage due to warfarin use is associated with early clinical deterioration, larger hematoma at presentation, and increased mortality |
| 10.00 - 10.10 (SC) | Christian Ovesen (Denmark) Time course of active post-admission intracerebral hematoma expansion |
| 10.10 - 10.20 (SC) | Satu Mustanoja (Finland) Premorbid statin use and lipid levels in outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage |
| 10.20 - 10.30 | Discussions |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| 11.00 - 11.25 | KEYNOTE LECTURE. Alfa hall. Marc Fisher (US) Current status and future directions of acute stroke therapy |
| 11.30 - 13.00 | Session 7. Alfa hall. Early prediction of stroke outcomes Chairs: Turgut Tatlisumak (FI), Patrik Michel (CH) |
| 11.30 - 11.50 | Patrik Michel (Switzerland) An integer-based score to predict functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke |
| 11.50 - 12.10 | Daniel Strbian (Finland) |
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Turgut Tatlisumak (Finland) Predicting post-tPA hemorrhage (SEDAn, GRASPS, HAT and other scores) |
| 12.30 - 12.50 | Wolf-Rudiger Schäbitz (Germany) Future add-on therapies for preventing post-TPA hemorrhages |
| 12.50 - 13.00 | Discussions |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | POSTER SESSION AND LUNCH Meeting of the Executive Board of Nordic Stroke Society. Click HERE for poster time schedule. |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Session 8. Alfa hall. Endovascular and interventional treatment of acute stroke Chairs: Derk W. Krieger (DK), Pooja Khatri (US) |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Derk W. Krieger (Denmark) Principles and current status of endovascular therapy |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Karlis Kupcs (Latvia) Endovascular recanalization for acute cerebral artery occlusion: Latvian experience |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Claus Z. Simonsen (Denmark) A brave new world: real-world experience with stentrievers |
| 15.00 - 15.20 | Albert J. Yoo (United States) Imaging selection for intra-arterial therapy: is there a role for perfusion imaging in large vessel stroke? |
| 15.20 - 15.40 | Markus Holtmannspoetter (Denmark) The Art to Cut down on time: Local anesthesia and other timesavers for successful endovascular acute stroke therapy |
| 15.40 - 16.00 | Pooja Khatri (United States) Interventional stroke treatment: lessons from IMS-3 |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| 16.30 - 18.30 | Session 9A. Alfa hall. Joint Session of Nordic and Korean Stroke Societies Chairs: Markku Kaste (FI), Byung-Chul Lee (KR) |
| 16.30 - 16.50 | Daiva Rastenytė (Lithuania) Recent trends of stroke epidemiology in Europe |
| 16.50 - 17.10 | Keun-Sik Hong (Korea) Stroke statistics in Korea: epidemiology |
| 17.10 - 17.30 | Bo Norrving (Sweden) ICD-11 and stroke: what's new? |
| 17.30 - 17.50 | Atte Meretoja (Finland) Steps to shorten door-to-needle time in stroke thombolysis |
| 17.50 - 18.10 | Hee-Jun Bae (Korea) Quality assurance of stroke care in Korea |
| 18.10 - 18.30 | Discussions |
| 16.30 - 18.30 | Session 9B. Lambda hall. Therapeutic cooling in brain ischemia Chairs: Jesper Petersson (SE), Derk W. Krieger (DK) |
| 16.30 - 16.50 | Jesper Petersson (Sweden) The protective effect of cooling may enhance stroke outcome |
| 16.50 - 17.10 | Christian Ovesen (Denmark) Hypothermia in stroke patients treated in the ICU. The Øresund Experience |
| 17.10 - 17.30 | Katja Piironen (Finland) Hypothermia in thrombolyzed awake stroke patients. The Helsinki Experience |
| 17.30 - 17.50 | Hans Friberg (Sweden) Defining the optimal target temperature to protect the brain after cardiac arrest |
| 17.50 - 18.10 | Derk W. Krieger (Denmark) Current status of the EUROHyp-1 trial |
| 18.10 - 18.30 | Discussions |
| 20.00 - 23.00 | CONGRESS DINNER Le Méridien Vilnius hotel |
| DAY IV Saturday, 24 August, 2013 | |
07.30 - 13.00 Registration | |
| 08.30 - 09.40 | Session 10. Alfa hall. Translational approaches to stroke Chairs: Perttu J. Lindsberg (FI), Wolf-Rudiger Schäbitz (DE) |
| 09.00 - 09.20 | Wolf-Rudiger Schäbitz (Germany) New approaches of neuroprotection and neuroregeneration |
| 09.20 - 09.40 | Perttu J. Lindsberg (Finland) Translation of new findings from laboratory to clinic |
| 09.45 - 10.30 | NORDIC STROKE LECTURE AND AWARD. Alfa hall. David Russell (Norway) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK. Lobby. |
| 11.00 - 11.40 | Mini symposium. Alfa hall. Cerebral microbleeds Chairs: Charlotte Cordonnier (FR), Valmantas Budrys (LT) |
| 11.00 - 11.20 | Charlotte Cordonnier (France) Microbleeds in Alzheimer‘s disease |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Seung-Hoon Lee (Korea) Cerebral microbleeds and antithrombotic treatment |
| 11.40 - 11.50 | Discussions |
| 11.50 - 12.45 | Session 11. Alfa hall. Short communications Chairs: David Russell (NO), Daiva Rastenytė (LT) |
| 11.50 - 12.00 (SC) | Nete Hornnes (Denmark) Hormone replacement therapy and age at stroke |
| 12.00 - 12.10 (SC) | Marianne Lundervik (Norway) Carotid intima-media thickness - a potential predictor for rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms |
| 12.10 - 12.20 (SC) | Janne Kaergaard Mortensen (Denmark) Post-stroke use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and clinical outcome among patients with ischemic stroke |
| 12.20 - 12.30 (SC) | Hans Markowitsch (Germany) Impairments in episodic-autobiographical memory, social information and emotional processing in CADASIL during mid-adulthood |
| 12.30 - 12.40 (SC) | Grzegorz Kozera (Poland). Differences in stroke care quality between urban and rural areas |
| 12.40 - 12.50 | Discussions |
| 13.00 | CLOSING CEREMONY |
