Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Update: Current Practices and Future Directions

Course Overview

The symposium will focus on recent advances in the field of neurovascular disease including current theories on carotid disease, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, brain aneurysms, and AVMs. We will also cover stroke issues and an overview of hemorrhagic stroke and intraparenchymal hemorrhage. This course will provide a learning experience for neurovascular medical and surgical clinicians in innovative management of patients with complex cerebrovascular disease through interactive didactic lectures, panel presentations, and Q&A sessions.

Who Should Attend

• Nurse Practitioners 
• Specialty Physicians 
• Physician Assistants 
• Primary Care Physicians 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Recognize carotid disease, including who to screen, proper screening tests, and treatment options, including medical, surgical, and stent options. 
• Properly manage unruptured aneurysms in the current technological era. 
• Evaluate the methods and efficacy of current, general management techniques and pathogenesis for patients with intraparenchymal and subarachnoid hemorrhage as well as intracranial hemorrhage. 
• Determine appropriate neuroimaging of stroke as well as essential neurological evaluation of acute stroke. 
• Discuss devices for cardiac stroke and PFO closure.