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Scientific Program

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08:30 – 08:45Welcome and Opening Ceremony Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim
09:00 – 11:00Special session Management Chronic Subdural Hematoma
12:00 – 17:00HEADS
16:00 – 20:00Ismins
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 – 08:45

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim

08:45 – 10:15

Improving ICH Systems of Care

10:15 – 10:45Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15

Emergency Management

12:15 – 13:45Lunch
13:30 – 15:15

Cocktail I

15:15 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00

Surgical Treatment (I)

18:00 – 19:30Welcome Reception
08:30 – 8:45:00WICH Executive Board meeting – (Meeting Room: Pendlebury)
(per invitation only)
10:00 – 10:30Morning break
10:30 – 12:00Advancing Clinical Trials
(per invitation only)
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
INTERACT5, Lili Song & Xin (Eric) Hu
International cooperation and funding – ACT Global, Xiaoying Chen
StrokeNet perspectives, Magdy Selim
Prospective meta-analysis and data sharing, Xia Wang, Niki Sprigg
Registries, David Seiffge
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:15HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session I
Welcome / introductions
Chairs: Chao You, Kazunori Toyoda
Detection of ICH in the field (GFAP and imaging), Love-Preet Kalra, Geoffrey Donnan, Stuart Crozier 
Approaches to surgical evacuation, Jay Mocco, Amal Abou-Hamden, Xing (Eric) Hu, Andrew Mould
Reversal of coagulopathy, Geoffrey Donnan, David Seiffge
15:15 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session II
Chairs: Karin Klijn, Xin Chen
Approaches to BP lowering, Lili Song, Craig Anderson
Reorganizing ICH systems of care and use of AI, Teresa Ullberg, Carlos Molina
17:00 – 18:30Break
19:00HEADS DINNER
(per invitation only)
08:30 – 10:00

Advancing clinical trials on the surgical management of ICH

10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00

WICH General Assembly
The Hoff Award

11:00 – 12:30

Cocktail I

12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:30

Surgical Treatment II Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage and Intraventricular Therapies

15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15

Prevention & Challenging Decision-Making

17:15 – 17:30

Closing Ceremony and Group Photo

18:00Guided tour Sagrada Familia
20:30Gala dinner Hospital de Sant Pau
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 – 08:45Welcome and Opening Ceremony Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim
09:00 – 11:00Special session Management Chronic Subdural Hematoma
12:00 – 17:00HEADS
16:00 – 20:00Ismins
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 – 08:45

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim

08:45 – 10:15

Improving ICH Systems of Care

Moderators:Vasileios Lioutas & Pablo Villoslada

  1. Blood markers: GFAP and the DETECT study – Joan Montaner
  2. Ultra-early radiological diagnosis of ICH with portable devices – Adrian Parry-Jones
  3. Acute system of transfer : ambulance and mobile units for ICH: – Ken Butcher
  4. Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite: the RACECAT trial – D. Rodriguez-Luna
  5. ICH care bundles and quality metrics – Teresa Ullberg
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
10:15 – 10:45Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15

Emergency Management
Moderators: Xun Ming Ji & Jesús Lafuente

  1. Haematomal and peri-haematomal injury and repair after ICH – Laurent Puy
  2. Reversal of Coagulopathy: INCH, ANNEXA-I, & RE-VERSE AD – What have we learned? What’s next? – Thorsten Steiner
  3. Haemostatic Therapy: FASTEST, TICH3 and DASH2 – JP Broderick
  4. Lowering blood pressure: synthesizing the evidence ATACH2 trial and the INTERACT2 –
    Tom Moullaali
  5. Influence of time-to-achieve target systolic BP on outcome after ICH – Adnan Qureshi
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
12:15 – 13:45Lunch
13:45 – 15:15

Cocktail
Moderators: Kazunori Toyoda & Carlos Molina

  1. Defining patient responder groups and prognostic algorithms – Andrea Morotti
  2. Systemic inflammation and hemorrhagic stroke – Arthur Liesz
  3. Past & future of neuroprotection against secondary injury after ICH – Magdy Selim
  4. Related and remote ischemic events in patients with ICH – Wendy Ziai
  5. Perihematomal oedema & functional outcome after ICH: systematic review and meta-analysis –
    Florian Schreuder
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
15:15 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00

Surgical Treatment (I)
Moderators: Craig Anderson & David Rodríguez

  1. Latest meta-analysis on minimally invasive surgery for ICH – Fahad S. Al-Ailan
  2. Rationale and future perspectives for the surgical treatment of ICH –Jürgen Beck
  3. Indications and optimal timing for minimally invasive surgery – Catharina Klijn
  4. Appropriate ICH volume requiring evacuation and whether this varies based on ICH location –
    Marc Vila
  5. Overview of the modern minimally invasive evacuation techniques- Christopher Kellner
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
17:00 – 18:30Welcome Reception
08:30 – 8:45:00WICH Executive Board meeting – (Meeting Room: Pendlebury)
(per invitation only)
10:00 – 10:30Morning break
10:30 – 12:00Advancing Clinical Trials
(per invitation only)
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
INTERACT5, Lili Song & Xin (Eric) Hu
International cooperation and funding – ACT Global, Xiaoying Chen
StrokeNet perspectives, Magdy Selim
Prospective meta-analysis and data sharing, Xia Wang, Niki Sprigg
Registries, David Seiffge
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:15HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session I
Welcome / introductions
Chairs: Chao You, Kazunori Toyoda
Detection of ICH in the field (GFAP and imaging), Love-Preet Kalra, Geoffrey Donnan, Stuart Crozier 
Approaches to surgical evacuation, Jay Mocco, Amal Abou-Hamden, Xing (Eric) Hu, Andrew Mould
Reversal of coagulopathy, Geoffrey Donnan, David Seiffge
15:15 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session II
Chairs: Karin Klijn, Xin Chen
Approaches to BP lowering, Lili Song, Craig Anderson
Reorganizing ICH systems of care and use of AI, Teresa Ullberg, Carlos Molina
17:00 – 18:30Break
19:00HEADS DINNER
(per invitation only)
08:30 – 10:00Advancing clinical trials on the surgical management of ICH
Moderators: Christopher Kellner & Carlo Marras
  1. From ENRICH to REACH – Gustavo Pradilla
  2. From MIND to MINUTE – J Mocco
  3. EVACUATE – Amal Abou-Hamden
  4. EMINET – Raphael Guzman
  5. DIST – Ruben Dammers
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00WICH General Assembly
The Hoff Award Magdy Selim, Richard Keep & Dan Hanley

New therapeutic molecular targets in ICH – Richard Keep

11:00 – 12:30Surgical Treatment II
Moderators: Ashkan Shoamanesh & Ramón Torné
  1. Minimally invasive surgery for IVH – Kristian Varga
  2. Minimally invasive surgery for ICH and IVH in pediatric patients – Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
  3. ICH and vascular malformations in children: J. Hinojosa
  4. The role of ultrasound in minimal invasive rurgery for ICH – Aditya Pandey
  5. Use of MRI to map out white matter tracts withinthe hematoma – Neeraj Chaudhary
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:30Cocktail
Moderators: Xia Wang & Esther Duarte
  1. Hydrocephalus, reebleeding, seizures and long term surgical complications management – Ramón Navarro
  2. Mobilization and robotics in rehabilitation of ICH – Montse Bernabeu
  3. Cognition and Dementia after ICH – Mar Matarín
  4. Non-invasive ICH monitoring: O3© and Sedline@ – Mapi Gracia
  5. Chronic subdural hematoma – Peter Kan
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15

Prevention & Challenging Decision-Making

Moderators: Lili Song & Thomas Topzcewski

  1. When OAC cannot be restarted after ICH: The role of left atrial appendage occlusion in AF – Ashkan Shoamanesh
  2. How many pills do we need for BP control after ICH? The TRIDENT Trial – Craig Anderson
  3. Antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment after ICH: A systematic review of the guidelines – David Seiffge
  4. Management of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy – Ellis Van Etten
  5. Discussion
17:15 – 17:30

Closing Ceremony and Group Photo

Jesus Lafuente, Magdy Selim, Xun Ming Ji & David Rodríguez

18:30Guided tour Sagrada Familia
20:00Gala dinner Hospital de Sant Pau
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION