Overview
CME Credit Information
Course Objectives
Objectives
After completing this course, the participant should be able:
- to describe 2 types of lower extremity bypass grafts
- to discuss graft dysfunction
- to discuss the criteria for a normal color Doppler and duplex ultrasound examination
- to describe protocols for vein graft surveillance
Target Audience
Physicians, sonographers and others who perform and/or interpret obstetrical ultrasound.
Credit Information
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
These credits are accepted by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board or other credentialing organization.
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging,
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA
with the assistance of:
Jean M. Alessi-Chinetti, RVT, RDMS
Technical Director
Vascular Diagnostoic laboratory,
Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston MA
Disclosure
In compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME, the author of this CME tutorial is required to disclose any significant financial or other relationships they may have with commercial interests.
Dr. Joseph F. Polak and Jean M. Alessi-Chinetti, RVT, RDMS have disclosed no financial interests with commercial interests.
No one at IAME who had control over the planning or content of this activity has relationships with commercial interests.