ESC Heart & Stroke 2019 resources

Read the article from Afzal Sohaib, ESC Council on Stroke Cardiologist of Tomorrow representative.

Friday 25 January 2019

Welcome by the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the Council on Stroke (W. Doehner and J. Kovac)

Plenary session: Young clinician session

Chairs: A Sohaib / N Voigt

• Acute stroke, what the cardiologist should know (N Bornstein)
• Cardiac complications in acute stroke (W Doehner)
• Arteriosclerosis, statins and stroke prevention (M Back)
• High risk carotid plaque detection by modern imaging (M Mazighi)
• Patients with high risk of stroke: is antiplatelet therapy enough? (W Sumaya)

Great debate Pro/Contra I: ESUS Cardio view vs Neuro view

Chairs: N Bornstein / G Häusler

• The ESUS concept after NAVIAGE and RESPECT - YES, ESUS works (G Hindricks)
• The ESUS concept after NAVIAGE and RESPECT – No, ESUS failed (M Köhrmann)

• Thrombectomy in stroke can be performed only by neuroradiologists or neurologists (C Cognard)
• Interventional cardiologists with carotid stenting experience should be involved in acute stroke treatment (P Widimsky)

• ECG monitoring after stroke: how long? how frequently? In every stroke patient? (C Schmidt SoT)
• AF burden - the new marker of stroke risk (Isabelle van Gelder)

Symposium: The stroke unit  Session

Chairs: W Doehner / JC Barthelemy

• Case presentation: Cardiac complication on the stroke unit (M Rubiera)
• Anticoagulation after acute stroke – when/ how to start (C Nolte)
• Blood pressure management in acute stroke (T Kahan)

Keynote lecture - the Stroke Heart Syndrome

When stroke hits the heart. Troponin elevation and other problems (M Endres)

Hot topics debate: The role of interventional cardiologists in stroke treatment

Chairs: I van Gelder /M Mazighi

Great debate Pro/Contra II: Arrhythmias and stroke

• Ablation of AF can prevent stroke YES (A Sohaib)
• Ablation of AF can prevent stroke NO (G Boriani)

• Thrombectomy in acute stroke – can we extend the time window?(D Skrypnik)
• Stroke due to cardiac interventions – how big are the risks we take (P Lanzer)
• Stroke as complication in TAVI and catheter intervention (J Kovac)
• Stroke protection in cardiovascular surgery: what are the option (M Czerny)

Symposium Practical Management of Patients at Risk of Stroke – Where are we now

Chair: W. Doehner

• Anticoagulation after a stroke: balancing the risks and benefits (D Nabavi)
• Antithrombotic concepts for patients with AF and renal impairment (JB Westendorf)

Saturday 26 january 2019

Great debate Pro/Contra III: Cardiac interventions and stroke

Chairs: A Halliday / P Widimsky

• AF Detection from algorhythms to implant devices (G Boriani)
• LA Ablation definite therapy or recurrent AF– the real world picture (W Haverkamp)
• Stroke in evolution and carotid stenosis – Management and priorities (A Halliday)
• LAA occlusion – Case presentation and current data (U Landmesser)

• Cryptogenic stroke with PFO – ready to close? YES (S Stortecky)
• Cryptogenic stroke with PFO – ready to close?   NO (G Häusler)

Workshop session: Clinical cases and Guidelines

• Workshop 1 Carotid stenosis but asymptomatic: operate or stent and when? (A Halliday / B Rantner)
• Workshop 2 Aortic stenosis in the elderly: TAVI or surgery (J Kovac / M Czerny)
• Workshop 3  Anticoagulation in a complex patient (e.g. CAD±PCI + AF) (T Kahan / P Widimsky)

Plenary Session: Summary and take home

Chairs: W Doehner / P Widimsky

Wrap-up of Workshops (Workshop leaders)

Summary and concluding remarks (W Doehner)