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Course Itinerary
New! Course Also Offered as a Live, Interactive Webinar for $1,250.00. This course is also being offered as a Live Webinar (a live presentation over the Internet). Questions can be submitted throughout the review via e-mail. Each online participant will also receive the course syllabus in pdf format. All that is needed to attend is a high-speed Internet connection and a computer with speakers. After registering, an e-mail will be sent to you with a secure link to the Webinar. Lunch workshops not available via Live Webinar.
Two Lunch-Hour Workshops. First Day: Dialysis Access Graft Evaluation. Second Day: Renal Doppler Ultrasound. Workshops include box lunch. No additional fees to attend.
Objectives. At the completion of the course, you should be able to:
- Discuss Doppler/Color physics, factors affecting optimal Doppler examinations and commonly seen Doppler/Color artifacts, which may affect diagnostic accuracy.
- Explain routine scan protocols and analyze normal spectral waveform signatures, color characteristics, and Doppler measurements in a normal carotid and peripheral vascular examinations.
- Recognize abnormal spectral Doppler and Color Doppler findings seen with carotid and peripheral arterial and venous disease.
- Discuss the role of indirect testing in the evaluation of lower extremity arterial disease.
- Apply diagnostic criteria for evaluation of carotid, peripheral venous and arterial disease.
- Review complex carotid and peripheral vascular case studies in interactive interpretation session format.
- Describe ultrasound findings associated with aortic endograft leaks.
- Describe normal and abnormal spectral Doppler characteristics and diagnostic criteria associated with renal artery evaluation
- Explain normal and abnormal spectral Doppler characteristics and diagnostic criteria associated with dialysis access graft evaluation.
- Increase knowledge and confidence to perform and/or interpret vascular ultrasound examinations.
Topics
- DopplerColor Overview/Diagnostic Pitfalls
- Normal waveforms/Scan Protocol
- IMT Assessment
- Overview of Abnormal Waveform - Characteristics & Diagnostic Criteria
- How to structure a report
- Lunch Session:“Dialysis Access Graft Evaluation”
- Complex cases studies
- Interpretation sessions - interactive format
- Indirect testing overview & case studies
- Lower Extremity Arterial Duplex
- Arterial Interpretation Sessions, narrative & interactive (combination of indirect and duplex cases)
- Ultrasound evaluation post intervention
- Lunch: "Renal Artery Evaluation"
- Aortic Endograft Evaluation
- Venous Pathology Overview/Cases
Who Can Attend? Physicians with a minimum of 6 months experience interpreting carotid and peripheral vascular duplex/color examinations. Physician participants may include (but are not limited to) those involved with Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, and General/Vascular Surgery.
Robert Atnip, MD, RVT, RPVI • Chief of Vascular Surgery, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Professor of Surgery, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA. Consultant, accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Dennis Bandyk, MD • Professor of Surgery, Univ. of South Florida, College of Medicine; Director, Vascular Surgery Division, Tampa, FL. Consultant, accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Marsha M. Neumyer, BS, RVT • CEO, International Director, Vascular Diagnostic Education, Services and Vascular Resource Associates, Harrisburg, PA. Consultant, accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute.
The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This course also meets CME/CEU requirements for ARDMS. Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.
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