March 14, 2008, Friday
Time
All Sessions at Grand Ballroom A and B
8:00 - 8:30 A.M.
Plenary Session 1
Global Burden of Cerebrovascular Disease: Impact in the
Asia-Pacific Ring ( N. Soe)
8:30 - 9:45 A.M.
"Epidemiology of Stroke in the Asia-Pacific Region“   
9:45 - 10:00 p.m.
Coffee / Tea Break
10:00- 11:30 A.M.
"Risk Factors and Stroke Prevention“  
  • Managing Hypertension for Stroke Prevention  (D.
    Morales)
  • Managing Lipids for Stroke Prevention  (R. Cheung )
  • Diabetes Mellitus and Stroke Prevention  (S. Davis)
  • New Paradigm in Smoking Cessation  (C. Roa)
  • Infectious and Inflammatory Vasculitides and Stroke  
    (G. Roman)
11:30A.M.-1:00 P.M.
"Exploring Novel Anti-Platelet Strategies for Stroke
Prevention“
  • Clinical Implications of Neurovascular Biology   (B.W.
    Yoon)
  • Significance of Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Stroke  
    (K.S. Wong)
  • Intracranial Stenosis: Recent Trends in Diagnosis
    and Treatment ( A. Alexandrov)
1:00-2:00 P.M.
Oral Paper Presentation
2:00-3:30 P.M.
" Revisiting the Role of Neuroprotection in Stroke “
  • Targeting the Ischemic Penumbra for New
    Opportunities for Neuroprotection  
  •     (C. Chen)
  • Implementation in Stroke Therapy: Outcomes of
    Citicoline Trials  
  •     (A. Davalos)
  • Current Status and Perspective of Neuroprotection in
    Ischemic Stroke   (W. Smith)
3:30-3:45 P.M.
Coffee/Tea Break
3:45-6:00 P.M.
"Stroke Units and Stroke Teams in the ASPAC“
  • The Efficacy of Stroke Units and Stroke Teams as an
    Intervention  (R. Gan)
  • Organization of Stroke Care   (N. Suwanwela)
  • Uniformed Stroke Data Bank in the Asia-Pacific
    Region: The Time is Ripe   (C.Y. Huang)
  • The Concept of Stroke Center Certification  (A.
    Wojner-Alexandrov)
The 5th Asia Pacific Conference Against Stroke Programme