Intensive Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation Review and Registry Preparation 2018

Intensive Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation Review and Registry Preparation 2018

This head-to-toe review of vascular laboratory diagnostics covers wide-ranging topics, including ultrasound and physiological testing. Pass your exam — guaranteed!

• Presented by members of the Cleveland Clinic Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, along with guest faculty nationally recognized for their vascular laboratory teaching expertise, this online CME course covers a large spectrum of diagnostics, including ultrasound and physiological testing. Intensive Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation Review and Registry Preparation will also:
• Provide valuable insight through presentations on vascular studies, vascular physics and technology
• Enhance interpretation skills for diagnosis of arterial and venous disease, internal carotid artery stenosis, acute venous thrombosis, and more
• TOPICS/SPEAKERS
• Physics, Physiology, and Instrumentation I
• Ultrasound Basics (Ultrasound Principles, B-mode, Spectral (CW/PW)/Color/Power Doppler, and Doppler Principle) – Fredrick Kremkau, PhD
• Extracranial Cerebrovascular Testing
• Basics of the Carotid Duplex Examination and Criteria for Diagnosis of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Evaluation Following Stents and Endarterectomy, Interpretive Pitfalls – Steven A. Leers, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVU
• Aortic Arch Vessel and Vertebral Artery Findings, Subclavian Steal – Jeffrey Olin, DO, RVT
• Interactive Case Review: Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Arteries – Deborah Hornacek, MD, RPVI
• Question and Answer Session – Faculty Panel
• Peripheral Arterial Testing
• Lower Extremity Arterial Physiological Testing – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Lower Extremity Arterial Duplex (Native Arteries, Bypass Grafts, and Stents) – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Upper Extremity Testing (Arterial Duplex and Physiologic Testing) – Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI
• Interactive Case Review: Physiologic Testing + Duplex of Native Arteries – Anne Marie Kupinski, PhD, RDMS, RVT
• Interactive Case Review: Duplex Assessment of Arterial Bypass Grafts and Stents – Steven Leers, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVU
• Question and Answer Session – Faculty Panel
• Abdominal Duplex I
• Renal (Native and Transplant) Duplex Ultrasound, Renal Stents – Jeffrey Olin, DO, RVT
• Mesenteric Artery Duplex Ultrasound, Mesenteric Stents – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Assessment of the Aorta and Aortic Endografts – Steven Leers, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVU
• Abdominal Duplex II
• Hepatoportal Duplex and Hepatic Transplant Assessment – Myra Feldman, MD
• Interactive Interpretive Case Review: Renal and Mesenteric Ultrasound, AAA, and Endoleaks – Jeffrey Olin, DO, RVT
• Question and Answer Session – Faculty Panel
• Mock RPVI Examination Questions: Session I – Natalie S. Evans, MD, RPVI, & Deborah Hornacek, MD, RPVI
• Physics, Physiology, and Instrumentation II
• Essential Physical Principles for the Registry Examination (Doppler Equation Redux, Poiseuille’s Law) – Fredrick Kremkau, PhD
• Venous Duplex and Physiological Testing
• Venous Duplex for Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis (Upper and Lower Extremity) – Natalie S. Evans, MD, RPVI
• Venous Duplex for Assessment of Venous Valvular Incompetency, Mapping for EVLT RF Ablation, Assessing for EHIT – Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RDMS, RVT
• Key Non-Vascular Incidental Findings Every Reader Should Know – Myra Feldman, MD
• Interactive Interpretive Case Review: Venous Testing (Thrombosis, Incompetency, and Other) – Natalie S. Evans, MD, RPVI
• Question and Answer Session – Faculty Panel
• Physics, Physiology, and Instrumentation III
• Transducer Selection, Image Optimization, Spectral and Color Doppler and B-Mode Artifacts – Anne Marie Kupinski, PhD, RDMS, RVT
• Interactive Review: Essentials of Accreditation, Quality Improvement, Safety/Bioeffects, and Test Validation – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Physics, Technology, and Instrumentation Mock Examination Boot Camp – Susan Whitelaw, RDMS, RVT & Sandra Yesenko, DHSc, RVT, RDMS
• Question and Answer Session – Faculty Panel
• Advanced and Specialized Scanning Protocols
• Arterial Access Complications (Pseudoaneurysm, Arteriovenous Fistula, Dissection, Closure Device Issues) – Natalia Fendrikova-Mahlay, MD, RPVI
• Dialysis Access Mapping and Post Procedure Scanning – Just the Essentials – Lisa Smith, RVT
• Transcranial Doppler – Just the Essentials – Larry Raber, RDMS, RVT
• Interactive Case Review: TCD, Access Complications, and Dialysis Access – Natalia Fendrikova-Mahlay, MD, RPVI, Lisa Smith, RVT & Larry Raber, RDMS, RVT
• Mock RPVI Examination Questions: Session II – Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
• Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate understanding of basic ultrasound physics concepts and their application to vascular ultrasound
• Recognize common imaging and Doppler artifacts and incidental findings encountered in the vascular laboratory
• Utilize spectral Doppler waveforms to assist in the evaluation of arterial and venous disease
• Demonstrate interpretation skills for diagnosis of internal carotid artery stenosis using duplex ultrasound
• Demonstrate interpretation skills for diagnosis of acute venous thrombosis and venous valvular incompetency using duplex ultrasound
• Utilize duplex ultrasound and physiological testing to localize and assess severity of lower extremity peripheral artery disease
• Apply diagnostic criteria to diagnose renal and mesenteric artery stenosis using duplex ultrasound
• Recognize clinical applications of transcranial Doppler for assessment of cerebrovascular disease
• Identify areas of knowledge deficit to improve preparation for the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretations (PVI) Examination
• Intended Audience