Overview
CME Credit Information
Course Objectives
1. Describe qualitative methods of assessing severity of carotid plaque.
2. Identify imaging abnormalities caused by non-atherosclerotic carotid disease.
Target Audience
Physicians, sonographers and others who perform and/or interpret 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
Nathan Liang MD
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
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.
Nathan Liang MD discloses no such relationships exist.
No one at IAME who had control over the planning or content of this activity has relationships with commercial interests.