Carotid Stenosis Assessment
Product #: OV-CSAD2
Price: $69
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ available

(To receive CME credit, an Online Video Product CME quiz must be passed with 70% or higher.
There will be a processing fee of $25 for 1 to 4.5 credits and $50 for 5 or more credits)
If this product is purchased today, the link will expire on Sunday, October 10, 2010

Product Details
Carotid Stenosis Assessment



Lori Green, BA, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Program Objectives:

After viewing  this lecture, the participant should be able to:

  1. Explain the importance of using multiple parameters for assessing the severity of carotid artery disease.
  2. Classify plaque.
  3. Analyze normal / abnormal waveform characteristics.
  4. Apply diagnostic criteria to address patient selection for carotid endarterectomy as indicated by the NASCET / ACAS studies.

 

Chapter Topics

  • Exam Overview / Image Characteristics
  •   Color Evaluation
  •   Waveform Analysis
  •   Quantitative Measurements
  • What about the ECA and CCA?
  • Other Carotid Pathology
  • Diagnostic Pitfalls

Target Audience

            The target audience for this tape are physicians, sonographers, and medical
professionals who are at a beginning level of performing or interpreting carotid duplex/
color examinations. Physician participants may include (but are not limited to) those
whose specialty include radiology, internal medicine, cardiology, and general/vascular
surgery..

Additional $25.00 CME Processing fee required at time of CME Quiz submission.
Length: 1:06:00
Released: February 12, 2010
Termination Date: February 12, 2013


Disclosure of Significant Relationships
Lori Green, BA, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
President, Program Director
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St. Pete Beach, FL
No relevant commercial relationship exists

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The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.