This webinar will focus on Stroke and Pregnancy with presentations by Dr. Susanna Diamanti (Italy) and Dr. Marialuisa Zedde (Italy).

The first part of the webinar by Dr. Diamanti will focus on a case involving a 41-year-old woman who experienced an acute ischemic stroke caused by a medium vessel occlusion. Key elements of this clinical scenario will include the diagnostic procedures and decision-making involved in the Emergency Department. Additionally, we will address the challenge of accurately attributing the cause of the stroke when a patient presents with multiple risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases, particularly when considering the patient’s pregnancy status and the need for appropriate risk assessment.

Then, Dr. Zedde will dive into pregnancy as a physiological event in the woman’s life, that can be associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular disease, both on the ischemic and hemorrhagic side. The approach to stroke in pregnancy is particularly tricky from the diagnostic and therapeutic point of view and little evidence is available to support the individual choices. Arterial and venous cerebral thrombosis together with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, arterial dissection, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hemorrhage will be considered in a pragmatic overview, summarizing the main issues for treatment.

An interactive discussion among presenters, moderators, and participants will follow.

This webinar is presented as a educational offering curated by the YSPR and Education Committees for members of ESO. We thank you for understanding that it is not possible to grant credits (CME or others) or provide certificates of participation for this webinar.

Please note that the information presented in the webinar series represents the views and opinions of the presenters and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO).