Pediatric Stroke Debate

Ped Optimal treatment strategies for acute childhood arterial ischemic stroke are unknown, and practice is largely based on extrapolation from adult data. While thrombolysis and thrombectomy are both treatments that are commonly used to treat acute childhood arterial ischemic stroke, there are key knowledge gaps which have led to controversies regarding the optimal acute care of stroke in children. In this session, pediatric stroke experts will debate the optimal thrombolytic agent in children and neurointervention experts will debate the minimum age for which thrombectomy should be utilized.