Abstract submission is now closed for the 4th Canadian Stroke Congress. Accepted abstracts will be published in the journal Stroke online at the time of the Congress.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

  • Abstracts may be submitted in English or French and presentations at the Congress may be given in either language.
  • Presenters must register for the Congress and will be required to pay the appropriate registration fee.
  • Applicants should categorize their abstract based on one of the six subject area categories provided in the abstract submission system.
  • Applicants are asked to indicate if they wish to have their abstracts considered for an oral presentation during the Vascular Day.
  • Abstracts are welcome from national and international applicants from all disciplines. Authors may submit multiple abstracts.
  • Applicants should indicate the format they would prefer to present their abstracts:
  1. Oral: A 10-minute oral presentation in a plenary or breakout session. Spaces are limited. Those who are not successful in securing an oral presentation slot will be offered to present their abstract via a mini-platform or display poster format.
  2. Display Poster: A traditional paper (non-digital) poster. Presenters will be asked to be available to answer questions during set times during the Congress. Display posters will be available for viewing to all Congress delegates throughout the Congress.
  3. Background: briefly describing the problem or issue being addressed
  4. Methods: describing how the study was performed
  5. Results: describing the salient results or findings
  6. Conclusions: describing what the authors conclude from these results.
  • All abstracts will be peer-reviewed with the exception of those categorized as ongoing clinical trials. Ongoing clinical trials will only be accepted as display posters.
  • Each abstract should be a maximum of 300 words (excluding title and authors) and should consist of four separate paragraphs:
  • Research presented in abstracts must conform to CIHR guidelines for experimental procedures. All investigations involving humans and animals must have been conducted in conformity with these principles.
  • Authors must declare any financial interest in a company (or its competitors) that makes a product discussed in the abstract.

Applicants should categorize their abstract based on one of the six subject area categories provided in the abstract submission system. These include:

  • Prevention (Primary and Secondary) & Acute Treatment of Stroke
  • Rehabilitation
  • Basic Biomedical
  • Health Systems
  • Ongoing Clinical Trials (Poster Only)