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Chairperson: Franz Fazekas, Graz, Austria The past years have seen a rapid progress in understanding, diagnosing and managing more rare but nonetheless critical causes and conditions of stroke. Thus for long cervical artery dissection appears to have been an underestimated cause of stroke especially in the young and we have first data from a randomized trial comparing different therapeutic strategies once this diagnosis has been established. Vasculitis remains a vexing problem and we have to take every effort not to miss out on this diagnosis but also not to overdiagnose it. There is an increasing number of tools available to reduce the number of cryptogenic stroke and the decision what to use when and for whom is not always easy. Finally cerebral amyloid angiopathy is much more prevalent than previously thought and may present quite variably. All that in focus this teaching course will provide insights that deepen our pathophysiologic understanding, show directions of future research and add to our competence in stroke management. |
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| Extra and intracranial arterial dissection |
Stéphanie Debette Paris, France |
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| Vasculitis |
Ruth Geraldes Oxford, United Kingdom |
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| Cryptogenic stroke |
Cristina Tiu Bucharest, Romania |
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| Amyloid angiopathy |
Franz Fazekas Graz, Austria |
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