DESCRIPTION

Each volume includes:                     

4 DVDs
Complete full-color syllabus
Program evaluation
CME certification for one user


OBJECTIVES

VOLUME 1: Carotid Doppler

At the end of this educational activity the participant will be able to:

  • Integrate hemodynamic information into the interpretation of vascular studies
  • Differentiate normal from abnormal blood flow patterns 
  • Apply the diagnostic criteria for carotid artery disease
  • Optimize the use of color Doppler and pulsed wave Doppler
  • Establish protocols for consistent performance of carotid examinations
  • Recognize pitfalls of the carotid ultrasound study 
  • Possess strategies to compensate for technically limited studies
  • Recognize the technical needs for integrating carotid IMT into their clinical practice
  • Diagnose complex and unusual cerebrovascular pathologies
  • Recognize the role of Doppler ultrasound as compared to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic angiography
  • Link Doppler image information to the manifestations of cerebrovascular disease
  • Achieve improved patient outcomes through vascular ultrasound practice

 

VOLUME 2: Peripheral Vascular Doppler (also including abdominal vessels)

At the end of this educational activity the participant will be able to:

  • Understand normal venous physiology by the evaluation of Doppler imaging
  • Recognize the significance of venous pathophysiology by the use of ultrasound imaging
  • Diagnose and evaluate the significance of venous insufficiency using venous ultrasound
  • Appropriately integrate ultrasound with CT and MRI in the diagnostic workup of thromboembolic disease
  • Compensate for common pitfalls in the diagnosis of venous thrombosis
  • Know the different diagnostic criteria for peripheral arterial disease
  • Apply ultrasound for the diagnosis and monitoring of abdominal aortic aneurysms
  • Recognize how to apply thrombin injection for the ablation of pseudo-aneurysms
  • Identify practice management strategies employing vascular ultrasound to manage patients following bypass surgery and stent placement
  • Determine the presence and evaluate the significance of renal artery stenosis
  • Integrate vascular ultrasound to the evaluation of the abdominal vessels
  • Achieve improved patient outcomes through vascular ultrasound practice