09.00              

Opening

09.15             

	1st Session: Treatment strategies CHAIR: Kaps M, Demarin V   09:15 Siebler M, Düsseldorf
	Extended concepts of thrombolysis 09:40 Junghans U, Düsseldorf
	Systemic thrombolysis in patients with basilar artery thrombosis 09:55 Wong WJ, Shieh HL, Luk YO, Chern CM, Hsu LC, Hu HH,Taipei
	A pilot study of a novel tissue plasminogen activator (HTUPA) in patients with acute ischemic stroke - A preliminary report 10:10 Wong L KS, Chang HM, Chang KC, Navarro J, Huang YN, Lu CZ, Tan KS, Suwanwela N, Markus H, Hong Kong
	Clopidogrel plus Aspirin for infarct reduction in acute stroke/TIA patients with large artery stenosis and microembolic signal (CLAIR): A multi-center randomized control study in Asia

10.30              

Break

11.00              

	2nd Session: Imaging in acute stroke CHAIR: Goertler M, Wong L. KS 11:00 Remonda L, Schroth G, Bern
	Angiography pattern in hyper acute stroke: Diagnostic patterns and follow up during therapy 11:20 Baumgartner R, Zürich
	Acute intracranial anterior circulation occlusion: Diagnostic accuracy of color duplex sonography 11:40 Nabavi DG, Münster
	Integrated diagnostic concept of CT perfusion and ultrasound modalities in acute stroke 12:00 Neumann-Haefelin T, Singer O, Sitzer M, Du Mesnil de Rochemont R, Frankfurt a. M.
	Functional impact of DWI and PWI in acute stroke 12:15 Sitzer M, Frankfurt a. M.
	Relationship between vessel recanalization and the development of MRI lesion size

12.30 - 14.00              

	Lunch
	(13.00-14.00 Executive Committee meeting of the NSRG)

14.00

	3rd Session: Power M-mode Doppler and Brain Perfusion CHAIR: Bartels E, Persson A 14:00 Moehring MA, Spencer MP, Seattle
	Power M-mode Doppler: Technical features for application in acute stroke 14:15 Alexandrov AV, Seattle
	Power M-mode Doppler: Rapid Assessment of abnormal flow patterns in the acute stroke patients 14:30 Eyding J, Muhs A, Büschleb C, Schmid G, Postert T, Bochum
	Parameters of normal and pathological brain perfusion imaging with Phase Inversion Harmonic Imaging (PIHI) -Two case reports- 14:45 Shiogai T, Morisaka A, Takayasu N, Mizuno T, Nakagawa M, Furuhata H, Kyoto
	Optimal transcranial perfusion images for acute ischemic stroke: Comparison between ultraharmonic, second harmonic and power harmonic imaging

15.10              

	4th Session: Clinical aspects of diagnostic ultrasound in acute stroke CHAIR: Niederkorn K, Csiba L 15:10 Molina CA, Barcelona
	Ultrasound pattern of occlusion and recanalization in acute stroke 15:30 Lotze H, Haupt K, Blaser T, Wallesch CW, Goertler M, Magdeburg
	Influence of the time of parameter assessment for outcome prediction after ischemic stroke on the predictive value of chosen parameters 15:45 Garami Z, Uchino K, Molina CA, Alexandrov AV for the CLOTBUST-Investigators, Houston/Texas
	Likelyhood of early arterial recanalization with intravenous TPA and its predictors: A multicenter transcranial Doppler study 16:00 Wong L KS, Gao S, Hong Kong
	In vivo realtime hemodynamic changes caused by microembolism detected by transcranial Doppler monitoring of the middle cerebral artery stenosis 16:15 Malferrari G, Guidetti D, Marcello N, Reggio Emilia
	TCCD is essential in thrombolysis eligible patients with stroke

16.30 - 18:00             

	Coffee Break and 5th Session: POSTERS CHAIR: Sitzer M, Seidel G, Nedelmann M, Shiogai T Anzola GP, Morandi E, Casilli F, Onorato E, Brescia
	(01) Contrast - enhanced TCD monitoring pre and after transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale: 100 cases Erban P, Vatankhah B, Horn M, Ickenstein G, Regensburg
	(02) Hemodynamics before and after the transposition of the right vertebral artery on the common carotid artery in a patient with a symptomatic proximal vertebral artery stenosis Erban P, Vatankhah B, Horn M, Bogdahn U, Ickenstein G, Regensburg
	(03) Hemodynamics and cerebral perfusion before and after the placement of a left to right common artery cross-over bypass in a patient with an isolated occlusion of the brachiocephalic trunk Terasaki T, Matsura Y, Naganuma M, Hashimoto Y, Kumamoto City
	(04) Cervical ultrasonography of carotid and vertebral arteries as a preoperative examination Lepic T, Raicevic R, Veljancic D, Radulovic M, Miskovic M, Cirkovic S, Belgrade
	(05) Correlation between internal carotid resistance index and volume of cerebral ischemic damage Sanguini S, Malferrari G, Accorsi F, San Benedetto
	(06) Ultrasound perfusion imaging and densitometric curves in a patient with acute ischemic stroke Metreveli Z, Imnadze G, Tbilissi
	(07) Hypoperfusion ischemic stroke - As a result of atrial fibrillation Sivakumar MR, Chennai
	(08) Transcranial monitoring in acute stroke - initial experience from Chennai Malferrari G, Casoni F, Accorsi F, Reggio Emilia
	(09) TCCD study the symptomatic stenoses of the middle cerebral artery Garami Z, Calleja S, Grotta JC, Alexandrov AV, Houston/Texas
	(10) Detection of occlusion  with transcranial power M-Mode Doppler in patients with acute neurological syndromes in the emergency room Garami Z, Alexandrov AV, Houston/Texas
	(11) Yield of urgent carotid scanning in acute cerebral ischemia Malferrari G, Reggio Emilia
	(12) Morphological study of intracranial stenoses with transcranial backscattering technique Lovrencic Huzjan A, Zavoreo I, Vukovic V, Kesic MJ, Demarin V, Zagreb
	(13) Color Doppler patterns of craniocervical artery dissection - Diagnosis and monitoring Misselwitz B, Eschborn
	(14) About the use of Doppler ultrasound in acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease - Results of the stroke data bank Hessen, Germany Fritzsch C, Garzcarek JP, von Reutern GM, Bad Salzhausen
	(15) Recanalization and short-term-outcome after systemic thrombolysis in relation to site of occlusion as determined by transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) Garzcarek JP, Fritzsch C, von Reutern GM, Bad Salzhausen
	(16) Results of early Doppler/Duplex-sonography in ischemic posterior circulation stroke

19:00  Summerevening in the park

08.15-09:00             

General assembly meeting of the NSRG

09.00

5th Session: Results of the NAIS study (Neurosonology in Acute Ischemic Stroke)   G.-M. von Reutern and J. Allendoerfer for the NAIS study team Demographic Data Ultrasonographic findings Correlation with outcome