Time
Topic
7:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Session 1
"Asia-Pacific Stroke Initiatives“
  • The Thailand Experience  (N. Poungvarin)
  • China and It's Stroke Prevention Plan  (Y.N. Huang)
  • The Pakistan Campaign Against Stroke  (M. Wasay)
  • The Philippine Stroke Initiative   (J. Cuanang)
7:00 - 9:00 a.m
Breakfast Session 2
"Recent Progress in Stroke Guidelines“
  • Saudi Arabia ( A. Alreshaid)
  • China (C. Lu)
  • Indonesia  (J. Misbach )
  • Thailand  (S. Ninhinanda)
  • Philippines  (E. Bitanga)
7:00 - 9:00 a.m
Breakfast Session 3
"Rehabilitation After Stroke“
  • Role of  Neuroplasticity in Functional Recovery  (M.
    Guerrero )
  • Role of Occupational therapy in Ischemic Strokes (S.J.
    Uy)
  • Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin in Stroke Spasticity  (B.
    Mancao)
  • Stroke Outcomes After Rehabilitation  (S.J. Ryu)
9:00 - 10:30
a.m.
PLENARY SESSION 3
"Updates on Evidence-Based Stroke Therapy"
  • Optimal Approach to Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute
    Stroke  (A. Davalos)
  • Choices for Rational Antiplatelet Therapy in Ischemic
    Strokes  ( W. Eisert )
  • Anticoagulation in Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Strokes: New
    or Old Agents  and What Is Indicated?  (N.V. Ramani)
10:30- 11:30
A.M.
Oral Paper Presentation
11:30.-1:00 P.M.
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
"Role of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade in Stroke
Prevention"
1:00-2:30 P.M.
PLENARY SESSION 4
"The Spectrum of Vascular Dementia“
  • Classifying Vascular Dementia  (C. Chen)
  • Pathophysiology and Current Treatment  (G. Roman)
  • The VADAS-COG   (S. Marasigan)
2:30-2:45 P.M.
Coffee/Tea Break
2:45 - 4:30 P.M.
Scientific Session 4
"Management of Cerebrovascular Atherothrombotic Disease:
Insights in Anti-Platelet Therapy“
  •  Role of Platelets in Ischemic Stroke  (R. Gan)
  • . Risk of Atherothrombotic Events in Patients with
    Strokes  (J. S. Kim)
  • Antiplatelet Therapy for Multi-Vascular High Risk
    Patients for Stroke Recurrence  (B. Chan)
4:30-6:00 P.M.
PLENARY SESSION 5
"Optimizing Treatment for Intracerebral Hemorrhage“
  • Titration of Blood Pressure in ICH  (D. Bonovich)
  • Innovative Medical Treatments for Brain Hemorrhage  
    (S. Schwab)
  • Minimally Invasive Treatment for ICH  (M. Mehndiratta)
  • Updates on ICH Trials  (S. Davis)
The 5th Asia Pacific Conference Against Stroke Programme
March 15, 2008, Saturday