Wednesday, 25th September Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2024

The third half-day (i.e. the 2nd morning) of the 3rd Korean Australian Joint Stroke Congress (KAJSC) - co-hosted by the Australasia Stroke Academy - will take place as a pre-conference on-site workshop at the Convention Centre.  

The KAJSC will focus on several themes of interest including:

• Thrombolysis and thrombectomy

• ICAD and Moyamoya

• Secondary prevention 

• In-hospital and neurointensive care

• Stroke and Alzheimer's disease immunotherapy

• Code stroke in Australia, New Zealand and Korea

Neurosonology – Principles and Practice

Neurosonology refers to the use of ultrasound to insonate the cerebrovascular system. It provides real-time information on blood flow in the major extracranial and intracranial cerebral arteries in a safe, non-invasive and inexpensive way, and can be performed at the bedside, in contrast to CT , MR and conventional cerebral angiography. Indications include stroke and TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cervical bruits, subclavian steal, and assessment of right-to-left shunting and cerebrovascular reserve. The expert speakers in this workshop will cover basic ultrasound physics and cerebrovascular anatomy, before using case studies to explore the use extracranial ultrasonography, transcranial Doppler, transcranial Triplex imagining in clinical practice. Hands-on sessions will be held if there is available equipment.   

Chairs: Prof Nijasri Suwanwela and A/Prof Brian Chambers

09:00-10:20 | Presentations

Prof Fabienne Perren | Back to basics - revision of ultrasound physics and cerebrovascular anatomy

Dr Yohanna Kusuma | Evaluating the patient with ischaemic stroke (to showcase use of extracranial Triplex imaging) - is there extracranial carotid or vertebral artery disease?

Dr Moamina, Ismail | Application of Transcranial color-coded duplex in patients with stroke and TIA (to showcase use of transcranial Triplex imaging)

Dr Carlos Garcia Esperon | Neurosonology in the ICU  - does the patient have vasospasm? Is the evidence to support brain death?

10:20-10:50 | Break

10:50 - 11:30 | Presentations

A/Prof Brian Chambers  | How best to detect right-to left shunting

Prof Yong-Jae Kim | Pitfalls and new developments in neurosonology | Open discussion with panel

11:30-12:30 | Discussion and hands-on demonstration

Hands on practice with different devices (including ‘blind’ TCD for PFO detection and Triplex machine)

Workshop schedule:

09:00-09:05 | Welcome and opening

09:05-10:00 | Thinking out of the box: trial governance and recruitment strategy development

Confirmed speakers: Professor Natasha Lannin, Fiona Ellery, Associate Professor Seana Gall and Professor Avril Drummond

10:00-10:30 | Morning tea

10:30-11:25 | Interim analysis in adaptive clinical trials: can we really get something for nothing by adopting Bayesian thinking?

Confirmed speakers: Professor Bruce Campbell, Dr Hannah Johns, Dr Freda Werdiger and Professor Michael Hill

11:25-11:30 | Stand and stretch break

11:30-12:25 | Enabling more Australians to access clinical trials

Confirmed speakers: Professor Coralie English, Saran Chamberlain, Professor Jeyaraj Pandian and Professor Chris Levi

12:25-12:30 | Wrap up and session close

Endovascular Neurointervention in the Asia-Pacific: Learning through clinical cases

This pre-conference workshop will be led by neurointerventionists from the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond, who will take you through interesting neurointerventional case studies in the field of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. The workshop aims to provide learning through real patient cases, and prompt discussion on technique, devices, patient selection and complication management. It should be of interest to anyone who works in the neurosciences field, especially those who care directly for stroke patients.

Workshop schedule:

13:00-13:10 | Introduction

13:10-14:55 | Ischaemic Stroke

Cases and discussion includes: Large core thrombectomy, salvage stenting, treatment of intracranial atheromatous disease, and stroke thrombectomy in developing countries.

14:55-15:15 | Afternoon tea

15:55-16:30 | Haemorrhagic Stroke

Cases and discussion includes: unique cerebral aneurysms, dural arteriovenous fistulae, arteriovenous malformations and middle meningeal artery embolization.

16:30-16:50 | The weird and wonderful in neurointervention

16:50-17:00 | Final Discussions and Concluding Remarks

This half-day workshop is targeted at clinicians interested in national benchmarking for acute stroke working in public or private hospitals.

The workshop will include:

• Presentations from top-performing hospitals sharing information on how they are able to achieve consistently outstanding stroke care

• Progress towards achieving the 30/60/90 National Stroke Targets

• Presentations from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) team on national interactive dashboards to identify areas of improvement to enable monitoring changes over time

• Updates to the National Stroke Clinical Quality Registry Program including an updated data platform

• Discussion on revisions to the AuSCR minimum dataset to best align with the Acute Stroke Clinical Care Standards and National Targets

This is a free workshop. We encourage in-person attendance, but an online option will be available for those unable to join in person. To attend virtually, please register your interest by emailing the AuSCR team at admin@auscr.com.au

This workshop will bring together a panel of clinicians and researchers well-versed in the use of device-assisted rehabilitation. We will meet in the University of South Australia clinic to provide an experiential opportunity to engage with devices for upper limb, balance and mobility rehabilitation.

We will start with some background presentations on current options, along with summaries of research findings to help clinical decision-making. This will be followed by opportunities to interact with key devices (arm robotics, leg exoskeletons) as well as innovative augmented feedback and virtual reality systems. We will then conclude with an open discussion about the pros and cons of device-assisted rehabilitation.

Presenters: Dr Robbie Trott (Bioengineer); Prof Susan Hillier; Dr Brenton Hordacre and more.

Workshop schedule:

14:00-15:00 | Presentations

Prof Susan Hillier | Introduction

Dr Robbie Trott | Bioengineering perspective (including review of available devices and what to look for) 20 min

Prof Angela Tully | How to set up a service from a Health Systems perspective (NDIS) 20 min

Dr Brenton Hordacre | How to use device-assisted technology to increase intensity and practice in a community setting 20 min

15:00-15:30 | Break

15:30-17:00 | Practical and discussion

Hands on practice with different devices

Open discussion with panel | Exploring the pro’s and con’s of implementing device-assisted rehabilitation in different contexts

Join the ACvA, its members and your ECR peers in a networking event on Wednesday at 5:00pm - 6:30pm, which offers ECRs and ACvA members (and future members) with the opportunity to gain insights into the benefits of inter-institutional mentoring from mentor and mentee duo Professor Mark Parsons and Dr Lauren Christie. You will have the opportunity to meet members of the ACvA, and connect with one another over a pre-conference drink.