09
Oct
2019
18:00
BST
Webinar
New Stroke Outcomes Data: The Role of Prolonged Cardiac Monitoring in Secondary Stroke Prevention
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Overview
It is well-studied that the AF detection rate in cryptogenic stroke patients is up to 30%1. AF-patients have an increased ischaemic stroke risk2, and oral anticoagulants decrease the stroke risk in those patients.3
However, until recently, outcome data hadn’t been reported but in June 2019, Prof Georgios Tsivgoulis et al. published new data which showed that prolonged cardiac monitoring has a significant impact on secondary stroke prevention.4
Prof Wolfram Döhner (Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, DE) will moderate this live webinar discussion between Prof Georgios Tsivgoulis (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR) and Prof Robert Hatala (National Cardiovascular Institute and Slovak Medical University, SK) on this new research.
Faculty:
Wolfram Döhner
Georgios Tsivgoulis
Robert Hatala
This webinar is supported by
Key Learning Objectives
- New evidence about the connection between atrial fibrillation and stroke.
- Incidence and impact of atrial fibrillation on cryptogenic stroke patients.
- Effects of prolonged cardiac monitoring on AF-detection yield, anticoagulation initiation, and recurrent stroke rate.
- The importance of a multidisciplinary approach to successfully find a diagnosis in stroke patients.
Target Audience
- General cardiologists seeing stroke patients.
- Cardiologists/electrophysiologists involved in cardiac monitoring with insertable cardiac monitors.
- Stroke specialists such as neurologists, geriatricians, and other healthcare professionals working with stroke patients.
- Allied healthcare professionals such as physiologists, hospital technicians or nurses involved in cardiac monitoring.
Faculty Biographies
Wolfram Döhner
Prof Wolfram Döhner M.D., Ph.D., FESC is Professor of Interdisciplinary Stroke Research at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. He is a cardiologist and specialist for internal and nutritional medicine.
Georgios Tsivgoulis
Prof Georgios Tsivgoulis M.D., Ph.D., MSc, FESO, FEAN is Professor of Neurology and Vice-Chairman in the Department of Neurology at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine in Greece.
Robert Hatala
Prof Robert Hatala PhD, FESC, FACC, is head of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology and Director of the Arrhythmia and Pacing Centre at the National Cardiovascular Institute and Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Key References
1. Sanna T, Diener HC, Passman RS, et al. Cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation. NEJM 2014;370(26):2478-2486.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1313600
2. Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB. Atrial fibrillation: a major contributor to stroke in the elderly. The Framingham Study. Arch Intern Med 1987;147(9):1561-1564.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/608730
3. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Study. Final results. Circulation 1991;84(2):527-539.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/01.CIR.84.2.527
4. Tsivgoulis G, Katsanos AH, Grory BM, et al. Prolonged Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring and Secondary Stroke Prevention in Patients With Cryptogenic Cerebral Ischemia. Stroke. Published online June 20, 2019.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.025169