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CRN North East and North Cumbria - 9th Advanced Stroke Care Conference Agenda

Contents

Agenda

13:00 - 13:10

Introduction

Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13:10 - 13:30

Mechanical thrombectomy – future delivery in the NHS

Prof Gary Ford, Consultant Stroke Physician at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Chief Executive Officer of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network

13:30 - 13:40

Q&A

13:40 - 14:00

Lipid management in stroke patients: current and future horizons

Dr Ahai Luvai, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14:00 - 14:10

Q&A

14:10 - 14:30

Management of AF after intracranial haemorrhage: only randomisation can influence our practice

Prof Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at NHS Lothian

14.30 - 14.40

Q&A

14.40 - 15.15

Break

15.15 - 15.30

PFO MDT dilemmas: case presentations

Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15.30 - 16.00

PFO MDT: Approach to decision making for and against closure of PFO - a stroke physician’s perspective
Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories

Prof David Tirschwell, Professor of Neurology and Medical Director of Comprehensive Stroke Care at the University of Washington Medicine Comprehensive Stroke Center

16:00 - 16:20

PFO MDT: Approach to decision making for and against closure of PFO - an interventional cardiologist’s perspective
Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories

Dr Mark Turner, Consultant Cardiologist at the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

16:20 - 16:40

Panel discussion: Q&A

16:40 - 16:50

Summary and close

Dr Anand Dixit, Consultant Stroke Physician at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust