The Australasian Stroke Trials Network (ASTN) sub-committee of the Stroke Society of Australasia (SSA).

The final programme for the 2010 Stroke Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting is available here. 

The 21st Stroke Society of Australasia will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 1-3 September 2010 at the Sofitel. Our two keynote speakers are Professor George Howard and Professor Marie-Germaine Bousser. Professor George Howard will share his vast experience in large trials and epidemiology, including the groundbreaking REGARDS study of increased stroke deaths in the south-eastern ‘stroke belt’ states of the US. Professor Marie-Germaine Bousser will draw on her expertise across acute stroke treatments, secondary prevention with anticoagulants, risk reduction in patients with and without diabetes, diffusion-weighted imaging in cerebral venous thrombosis, migraine and vascular dementia.

The conference will feature dedicated sessions and workshops on

    * small vessel disease
    * stroke in indigenous and disadvantaged populations
    * palliative care
    * neurointervention
    * rehabilitation, and
    * stroke in developing countries.