This course will provide those currently practicing endovascular stroke therapy, as well as interventionalists interested in learning more about stroke therapy, to develop a better understanding with regards to current concepts in stroke imaging as well as endovascular treatment. Topics include:
Clinical diagnosis and acute management of stroke
Non-contrast head CT
CT angiography
CT perfusion imaging
Update on stroke thrombectomy trials
Stroke thombectomy patient selection
Stroke thombectomy complications
Stroke treatment by body IR.
This course is intended for interventional radiologists with cerebral angiography experience and either currently performing, or interested in providing, acute stroke therapy who seek to incorporate stroke care into their practice as a member of an endovascular team and/or upgrade their knowledge and skill base.
After purchasing access to this educational activity, you will be directed to the SIR Learning Center to participate in the activity and obtain your certificate. To receive CME credit for this enduring activity, participants must watch the video and score 70% or better on the post-activity exam. Participants will have three opportunities to score 70% or better.
Learning Objectives
On completion of this course, an attendee should be able to:
Describe the acute neuroimaging evaluation of patients presenting with acute stroke
Restate the most recent updates in stroke patient selection for stroke thombectomy and treatment strategies for stroke patients with large vessel occlusion.
Review pathophysiology and physical examination findings in stroke patients
Program Coordinators:
Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Venu Vadlamudi, MD, Inova Alexandria Hospital
Speakers:
John W. Cole, MD, MS, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Joan C. Wojak, MD, FSIR, FACR, FAHA, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
Sudhakar R. Satti, MD, Christiana Care Health System
Joseph Gemmete, MD, FSIR, FACR, FAHA, University of Michigan Hospitals
David Sacks, MD, FSIR, Reading Hospital
Sameer A. Ansari, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Venu Vadlamudi, MD, Inova Alexandria Hosptial
Credit Information
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) is accredited by the ACCME to provide medical education for physicians.
SIR designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program will be approved for a maximum of 4.00 self-assessment CME credits (SA-CME) by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). SIR is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The SA-CME offered within this enduring material meet the ABR’s criteria for a self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program.