QBI Seminar: Update on the treatment of ischaemic stroke

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 - Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Time:

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Room:

QBI Level 7 Auditorium

UQ Location:

Queensland Brain Institute (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/neuroscience-seminars

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Professor Christopher Levi- Director of Clinical Research and Translation, Research, Innovation and Partnerships, Hunter New England Local Health District, John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales

Title: Update on the treatment of ischaemic stroke

Abstract:

One in six people will have a stroke in their lifetime and stroke remains one of Australia’s leading causes of disability. There have been major advances in both the implementation of thrombolytic therapy in acute ischaemic stroke and the definition of the role of endovascular clot retrieval in selected cases. Although implementation of thrombolysis remains a challenge, there are now recognised strategies capable of boosting implementation rates and improving the work flow to enable speedier treatment. These strategies will be reviewed. Endovascular clot retrieval for selected patients with major vessel occlusion is now demonstrated to be superior to intravenous thrombolysis, however optimal selection criteria and implementation strategies remain challenges. The use of advanced imaging based selection for endovascular therapies will be reviewed and strategies to enhance implementation discussed.