Course Description
Upon completion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Medical therpay options available to manage peripheral vascular disease.
- Understand the current indications, risks, complications, and outcome of medical, interventional, and surgical therapies for the treatment of peripheral arterial and venous diseases.
- Recognize and manage complications of arterial and venous interventions.
- Assess new methods, devices, recent and ongoing studies.
- Recognize, diagnose and manage patients with pulmonary embolus.
Scientific Program
Agenda
Saturday, September 24, 2022
(All times are Central Standard Time)
Arterial Section:
Carotid Artery Disease
8:45 am
• Best medical therapy and current recommendations, when is this enough?
9:00 am
• Carotid artery stenting, what is the best approach?
9:15 am
• Carotid endarterectomy, is this still the gold standard and how does it compare to less invasive interventions?
9:30 am
Discussion
9:40 am
Break
Lower Extremity Disease
9:50 am
• Angioplasty/stenting vs. endarterectomy in patients with severe CFA disease
10:05 am
Best approach to improve patency in severely calcific SFA CTO (BMS, CS, DES, DEB, Atherectomy)
10:20 am
• Use of IVUS in lower extremity vascular disease, when and why.
10:25 am
• Pedal arch intervention in lower extremity vascular disease. When do I use it and is it required or optional?
10:40 am
• R2P Interventions: How do I choose the appropriate case and what treatment can I do?
10:55 am
Discussion
Venous Section:
12:30 pm
• Update on the diagnosis with medical management of varicose veins and venous insufficiency; initial treatment/evaluation. When is intervention considered?
12:45 pm
• Iliac vein venoplasty and stent placement; When is it necessary and what are my tricks?
1:00 pm
• Chronic deep venous occlusions with intervention, how I do it and when
1:15 pm
• Currrent options for treatment of acute lower extremity DVT: How do I decide what options offer and when?
1:30 pm
• Use of IVUS in deep venous procedures: When IVUS saved the day.
1:45 pm
• Evaluation and treatment for PE with medical therapy or intervention, when should we intervene?
2:00 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm
Adjourn