Practical Training in Vascular Interventions
November 2 - 6, 2009
UM Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, MI
40 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™
Program Objectives:
This in-demand course features hands-on training on a live animal model, and is designed to provide radiologists and other physicians practical, hands-on training necessary for the safe, effective performance of vascular interventions.
After completion of the course, participants should be able to:A maximum of twelve students will be accepted for each course.
- Perform selective and superselective catheterizations
- Recognize indications, contraindications, and complications of vascular interventions
- Perform a variety of vascular interventional procedures
Target Audience:
Radiologists and other physicians with:
- Basic understanding of vascular anatomy
- Angiographic procedure skills
- Flouroscopy experience
Topics:
LecturesLaboratory
- Anesthesia for Vascular Interventions
- Aortic Dissection: Diagnosis and Intervention
- Arterial Interventions
- Cardiac Interventions
- CO2 Angiography and CO2-Guided Vascular Interventions
- Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Pharmacology of Fibrinolytics
- Portal and Hepatic Interventions
- Principles of Catheterization and Diagnostic Angiography
- Radiation Safety
- Renovascular Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Treatment Boundaries
- Role of MRA and CTA in Vascular Interventions
- Technique of Carotid Stenting
- Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Vascular Devices and Outcomes
- Vena Cava Filters
- Venous Disease of the Legs: Pathophysiology and Treatment
- Venous Interventions
- Venous Thromboembolic Disease
Participants will perform all procedures in a live animal laboratory under close supervision by faculty: superselective catheterization of visceral arteries, embolization, angioplasty, stent placement, CO2 angiography, CO2-guided interventions, catheter-directed thrombolysis, vena cava filter placement, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), foreign body retrieval, central venous access, and port placement.
Accreditation:
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The American Osteopathic Association has approved this activity for 40 category 2A credits. Other credits by specialty may apply.
Registration Fees:
Physicians: $4500 Full Course
Physician-in-Training,
Allied Health, Nurses, Retired Physicians:
$4500 Full Course
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