BALTIC CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGY

September 6-8, 2018 Kaunas, Lithuania

6TH SEPTEMBER/ THURSDAY ALFA HALL GAMMA HALL DELTA HALL ZETA HALL

Neurosonology practical teaching course (Hands-on)

Teaching course /Headache

Teaching course / ENMG

Teaching course / Assesment and treatment

of epilepsy / Sleep medicine

1000-1200

Uwe Walter

(DEU / UNI-ROSTOCK)

Transcranial brain sonography: applications in

neurology

Jean Shoenen

(BEL / ULIEGE)

What is the place of neurostimulation in chronic

headaches

Kai M. Rösler

(CHE / UNIBE)

Evaluation of myopathies

Margitta Seeck

(CHE / UNIGE)

EEG of complicated epilepsies

Galina Baltgaile

(LVA / RSU)

Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

Aija Freimane

(LVA)

Nocturnal headaches.

Aušra Klimašauskiene

(LTU / VU)

Sensory and motor nerve conduction studies

Joerg Wellmer

(DEU / KK-BOCHUM)

Radiology epilepsy

Vaidas Matijošaitis

(LTU / LSMU)

Mark Braschinsky

(EST / UT)

Migraine chronification

Michel R. Magistris

(CHE / UNIGE)

Evaluation of nerve conduction blocks

Torbjörn Tomson

(SWE / KI)

Pharmacotherapy of epilepsy in special populations

The role of transcranial ultrasound in diagnostics of

patent foramen ovale

Kristina Ryliškienė

(LTU / VU)

Chronic daily headache

1200- 1300 Lunch break/ E-poster sessions

1300- 1500

Neurosonology practical teaching

course

(Hands-on)

Teaching course. Assessment and

treatment of stroke Teaching course/ENMG

Teaching course / Sleep medicine/ Assesment and

treatment of epilepsy

Uwe Walter

(DEU / UNI-ROSTOCK)

Neuromuscular ultrasound of neck and arm in

neurological practice

Daiva Rastenytė

(LTU / LSMU)

Standardized neurological evaluation in acute stroke

(NIHSS)

Miglė Ališauskienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Needle EMG: normal and abnormal findings.

Evelina Pajėdienė

(LTU / LSMU) Practical aspects of performing

and analyzing sleep studies André Truffert

(CHE / UNIGE)

Evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome Givi Lingvenis

(LTU / VU)

Early CT score (ASPECTS) Jurgita Valaikienė

(LTU / VU)

Ocular color-coded sonography in neurological

practice

Jovita Švilpauskė-Laurynienė, Daiva Garšviene

(LTU / LSMU)

Evaluation of small fiber neuropathies

Katrin Põld

(EST / ESMA)

Clinical case from sleep studies. Discussion with the

audience. Aleksandras Vilionskis (LTU / VU)

Rational use of neuroimaging for selection of reperfusion

therapies?

Dalius Jatužis

(LTU / VU)

Assessment of superficial temporal artery

Robert Mikulik

(CZE / FNUSA-ICRC)

Improvement of stroke logistics: how to reduce

onset-to-door and door-to-needle time?

Discussion Janika Kõrv

(EST / UT)

Strategies of antithrombotic treatment in complicated

clinical situations?

1500 – 1530 Coffee break

1530 – 1630

Satellite symposium: Boerhinger Ingelheim

Fausto J. Pinto (PRT / ULISBOA)

Dalius Jatužis (LTU / VU)

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention

Satellite symposium: Berlin Chemie Menarini

Baltic

1630-1700

ALFA HALL

Invited lecture. Amos Korczyn (ISR / EMDA)

Chairman of the Scientific Medical Board of the Israeli Alzheimer's disease association (EMDA)

Why have we failed to find a cure for AD

1700-1730

ALFA HALL

Invited lecture. Philip Scheltens (NLD / VUmc)

Alzheimer center, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Current state of the art in diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (preliminary)

1730 – 1800 ALFA HALL

Opening ceremony

1800 ALFA HALL

Welcome Reception

7TH SEPTEMBER/ FRIDAY ALFA HALL GAMMA HALL

800 – 1000

Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders Epilepsy

800 – 820

Eivind Berge

(NOR / UiO)

2018 ESO guidelines on anticoagulation for stroke secondary prevention

800-820

Torbjörn Tomson

(SWE / KI)

Management of epilepsy in pregnancy

820-840

Robert Mikulik

(CZE / MUNI)

Stroke unit and quality of care in acute stroke

820-840

Margitta Seeck

(CHE / UNIGE)

Future of epilepsy surgery

840-900

Inga Slautaite

(LTU / VU)

Update on intracerebral hemorrhage

840-900

Sulev Haldre

(EST / TU)

Medical treatment of epilepsy: state of art

900-920

Antanas Vaitkus

(LTU / LSMU)

Stroke of nondominant hemisphere

900-920

Giedrė Gelžiniene

(LTU / LSMU)

Outcome of childhood- onset epilepsy: transition to adulthood

920-940

Janika Kõrv

(EST / UT)

Off-label thrombolysis for ischemic stroke: is it safe?

920-940

Suna Normunds

(LVA / RSU)

Alcohol-related Seizures

940-1000

Evija Miglane

(LVA / RSU)

Update on lacunar stroke

940-1000

Rūta Mameniškienė

(LTU / VU)

Epilepsy in elderly

1000 –1030 Coffee break

ALFA HALL GAMMA HALL DELTA HALL

1030 – 1230

Interventional neuroradiology Sleep medicine Nurse sessions

1030-1050

Adam Kobayashi

(POL / Interventional Stroke Treatment Centre)

Mechanical thrombectomy in elderly stroke patients

1030-1100

Claudio Bassetti

(CH / BENESCO)

Narcolepsy and other central disorders of hypersomnolence

1030-1045

Eglė Lendraitienė, Toma Petkutė

(LTU / LSMU)

Physiotherapy for the prevention and management of secondary complications in

patients with neurological conditions

(presentation in English)

1050-1110

Claus Ziegler Simonsen (DNK / AU)

General Or Local Anesthesia In Intra Arterial

Therapy (GOLIATH)

1100-1130

Birgit Högl

(AUT / I-MED)

Idiopathic RBD as a symptom of neurodegenerative

disorders. Updated diagnostic and treatment approach

1045-1100

Triinu Kurvits, Anneli Jaska

(EST / TU)

Stroke care: a team approach

(presentation in English)

1110-1130

Aleksandras Vilionskis / Dalius Jatužis

(LTU / VU)

Mechanical thrombectomy beyond 6 hours

1130-1150

Katrin Põld

(EST / TU)

Differential diagnosis of sleep-related movements in adults

1100-1115

Ester Vatsk

(EST / TU)

Nursing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(presentation in Russian)

1130-1150

Rytis Kaupas

(LTU / LSMU)

Lithuanian experience of mechanical thrombectomy

for stroke patients

1150-1210

Evelina Pajėdiene

(LTU / LSMU)

Sleep and stroke: not only sleep apnoea does matter

1115-1130

Inga Zopp

(EST / TU)

Nursing in multiple sclerosis

(presentation in Russian)

1130-1145 Regina Palatu, Valentina

Pjassetskaja

(EST / TU)

The role of nurses in Parkinson's disease

(presentation in Russian)

1145-1200

Daiva Borkienė (LTU / LSMU)

Nursing patients with epilepsy

(presentation in English)

1150-1210

Karlis Kupčs

(LVA / RSU)

Mechanical thrombectomy in the posterior circulation

area 1210-1230

Raminta Masaitienė, Dalia Matačiūnienė

(LTU / VU)

Sleepiness and driving

1200-1215

Marianne Elisabeth Klinke

(ISL / HI)

Nurses role in the management of stroke

patients with spatial neglect.

(presentation in English)

1210-1230

Riina Vibo

(EST / UT)

Estonian experience of mechanical thrombectomy

for stroke patients

1215-1230

Marianne Elisabeth Klinke, (ISL / HI)

Nursing issues on Myasthenia gravis: common sympyoms, surveillance and alliviating

actions

(presentation in English)

1230 – 1330 Lunch break/E-poster session

1330 – 1530

Headache/pain Movement disorders Satellite symposiums

1330-1350

Jean Shoenen

(BEL / ULIEGE)

Pathophysiology- based migraine treatment

1330-1400

Zbigniew Wszolek

(USA / MAYO CLINIC)

Alpha-synucleinopathies and tauopathies, clinical, genetic

and pathological aspects

1330-1430

Satellite symposium: Bayer

Birutė Petrauskienė

(LTU / VU)

Rivaroxaban in clinical practice 1350-1410

Rigmor Jensen

(DNK / KU)

1400-1430

Kallol Ray Chaudhuri

(GBR / KCL)

Typical and atypical Cluster headache

Nonmotor complications of levodopa: phenomenology,

risk factors, and imaging features

1410-1430

Aija Freimane

(LVA)

Headache in the elderly

1430-1445

Toomas Toomsoo

(EST / TU)

Neuroimaging in pre-motor Parkinson’s disease

1430-1450

Mark Brashinsky

(EST / ELITE KLIINIK)

Trauma and headache

1445-1500

Evelina Pajėdienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Sleep disturbances in movement disorders

1430-1530

Satellite symposium: Roche

Renata Balnytė, Dalia Mickevičienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Rasa Kizlaitienė

(LTU / VU)

Transforming the multiple sclerosis treatment paradigm

1450-1510

Diana Obelienienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Overview of IHS Classification ICHD-3

1500-1515

Ligita Smeltere

(LVA / LU)

Essential tremor in Latvia

1510-1530

Arūnas Ščiupokas

(LTU / LSMU)

Pain medicine: chalenges for neurologist

1515-1530

Rūta Kaladytė Lokominienė

(LTU / VU)

Rhythmic auditory-motor entrainment in movement

disorders

1530- 1600 Coffee break

1600 -1800

Alzheimer's disease and other dementias Short presentations Education in neurology

(round table discussion)

1600-1620

Vilmantė Borutaitė

(LTU / LSMU)

Protein aggregation and neuronal loss in

experimental models of

1600-1615

Donatas Zailskas

(LTU / VU)

Unresolved questions of essential tremor: an etiological, pathogenetic and

phenotypical approach

TBC

neurodegenerative disorders

1620-1640 Gintaras Kaubrys (LTU / VU)

Apolipoprotein E: Alzheimer’s disease

genetic risk factor, course modifier, determiner of

distinct AD types, or target for the future treatment

1615-1630

Raminta Macaitytė (LTU / LSMU)

Challenges of diagnosing sleep disorders (case report)

TBC

1640-1700

Pille Taba

(EST / TU)

Dementias with parkinsonism

1630-1645

Sandra Ütt

(EST)

Case presentation: myopathies, rational diagnostic pathway

TBC

1700-1720

Greta Pšemeneckienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Challenges and advanced strategies in treatment of

Alzheimer's disease

1645-1700

George Chakhava

(GEO)

Approaches in the Management of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Discussion

1720-1740

Zanda Priede, M.Kalniņa

(LVA / RSU)

Changing perspectives on frontotemporal dementia

1700-1715 TBA

1740-1800

Eglė Audronytė

(LTU / VU)

Olfactory perception and memory as a biomarker for

the early diagnosis of Alzheimers’s disease

1715-1730

Ravita Gailane

(LVA / RSU)

Analysis of hyperacute ishemic stroke management at the Clinic of

Emergency at Riga East University hospital

1730-1745 Tatjana Liakina

(LTU / VU)

Demonstration of seizure elements - a possible complimentary seizure

semiology diagnostic tool?

1745-1800

Sintija Locane

(LVA / RSU)

Women with progressive myoclonus - ataxia syndrome and gait instability

1900 Gala dinner at “Raudondvaris Mannor Castle”

Busses from Conference venue will take you to the Gala dinner venue. Please be present at the main entrance of the Park Inn hotel no later than 18:30

8TH SEPTEMBER/ SATURDAY ALFA HALL GAMMA HALL

800 – 1000

Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases Peripheral neuropathies/ Miscellaneous

800-820

Eva Hubala Havrdova

(CZE / CUNI)

Aggressive multiple sclerosis in the context of reaching NEDA as treatment goal

800-820

Kęstutis Petrikonis

(LTU / LSMU)

Metabolic and toxic polyneuropathy

820-840

Luca Prosperini

(ITA / UNIROMA)

Pharmacological treatment of highly active RR multiple sclerosis: the role of monoclonal

antibodies

820-840

Pascal Proot

(BEL / UGENT)

EMG approach to polyneuropathy

840-900

Katrin Gross- Paju

(ESN / TU)

Does benign multiple sclerosis exist?

840-900

Ervina Bilič

(HRV / UNIZG)

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)

900-920

Dalia Mickevičienė

(LTU / LSMU)

Comorbidity in multiple sclerosis: implications for disease management

900-920

Elīna Millere, Signe Šetlere, Viktorija Kēniņa

(LVA / RSU) Coexistence of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and

chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy - Latvian experience

920-940

Rasa Kizlaitienė, Nataša Giedraitienė.

(LTU / VU)

Comprehensive and uninterruptible patient monitoring using Multiple sclerosis registry

in Lithuania

920-940

Michel R. Magistris (CHE / UNIGE)

Contraction response to muscle percussion in neurology

940-1000

Daina Pastare

(LVA / RSU)

940-1000

Discussion

Anti-MOG antibodies in adult patients with demyelinating disorders of central nervous

system

1000 – 1030 Coffee break

1030 – 1230

Young stroke Experimental neurology and technological innovations in neurology

1030-1050

Jukka Putaala

(FIN / HELSINKI)

Cryptogenic ischemic stroke among young people

1030-1050

Vilmantė Borutaitė

(LTU / LSMU)

New molecular targets for neuroprotection in ischemic stroke

1050-1110

Annette Fromm

(NOR / UIB)

Generalized arterial disease in young and middle-aged ischemic stroke. The

Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS)

1050-1110

Dietger W. Niederwieser

(DEU / UNI-LEIPZIG)

Stem cell therapy in neurology

1110-1130

Grzegorz Kozera

(POL / UMK)

Carotid dissections

1110-1130

Sarmite Dzelzite

(LVA / RSU)

Clinical usefulness of arterial spin labeling (ASL) magnetic resonance imaging in neurology

1130-1150

Kristina Ryliškienė

(LTU / VU)

Update on thrombophilias in young stroke

1130-1150

Regimantas Jurkus

(LTU)

Combining interdisciplinary in vivo and in silico approaches to investigate fear memory

neurocircuitry

1150- 1210

Siim Schneider

(EST / TU)

Outcome of young ischemic stroke

1150- 1210

Ülle Krikmann

(EST / TU)

Infusion pump therapies for Parkinson’s disease

1210-1230

Krista Svilāne, Ainārs Rudzītis, Kristaps Jurjāns, Artūrs Balodis

(LVA / RSU) 1210-1230

John Vissing

(DNK / KU)

Long-term outcome after patent foramen ovale occlusion in young patients with

stroke. Nationwide register data

Next-generation sequencing as a diagnostic tool for muscle diseases

1230- 1330 Lunch break / Poster sessions

1330 -1530

Neurosurgery in neurological diseases Oral communications

1330-1400

Volodymyr Smolanka

(UKR / UZHNU)

The role of surgical treatment in management of trigeminal neuralgia

1330-1350

Sigitas Čižinauskas

(LTU / AISTI)

Dog with Guillain-Barre syndrome and cat with Tourette syndrome, does it exist?

1400-1430

Andrius Radžiūnas

(LTU / LSMU)

Brain MRI voxel based morphometry – tool for Parkinson‘s disease research and use in

clinical settings

1350-1400

Jānis Mednieks

(LVA / RSU)

Status epilepticus treatment – CUH experience from Latvia. Is there a necessity for improvements?

1430-1450

Saulius Ročka

(LTU / VU)

. Experience and challenges of epilepsy surgery

1400-1410

Laura Šinkūnaitė

(LTU / LSMU)

Changes of cutaneous and cortical silent responses in a random sample of Lithuania patients with Parkinson

disease

1450-1510

Antanas Gvazdaitis

(LTU / KUL)

Cardiac manifestation of subarachnoid haemorrhage

1410-1420

Marit Laos

(EST / TU)

Analysis of oral anticoagulant treatment in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a population-based

study in Estonia 2010 - 2016

1510-1530

Karolis Bareikis, Paulius Čikotas

(LTU / LSMU)

Ethical controversies and decision making in surgery of cerebral ischemia

1420-1430

Liis Kadastik-Eerme

(EST / TU)

Baclofen pump treatment for spasticity

1430-1440 Kristaps Jurjans

(LVA / RSU)

Cardioembolic stroke in Latvia: frequency, prevention and long-term outcome

1440-1450

Andrejs Kostiks

(LVA / RSU)

Cognitive deficit and its causes for patients in early midlife

1450-1500

Daiva Valadkevičienė, Dalius Jatužis, Rasa Kizlaitienė

(LTU / VU)

Work capability level of patients with multiple sclerosis in Lithuania: it’s dynamics and relationship

with employment status and lethal outcomes

1500-1510

Mari Muldmaa

(EST / TU)

Impulsive disorders in Parkinson’s disease

1510-1520 TBA

1530 Closing and farewell