Course Description
Originally presented at the 2019 SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
The overall goal of this course is to improve patient care and outcomes by increasing practitioner knowledge with regards to imaging workup, indications and techniques for intra-arterial treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke. This course will provide cutting edge, comprehensive education, with emphasis ranging from imaging and patient selection to endovascular treatment and patient management.
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.
Video Presentations:
Ischemic Stroke Clinical Diagnosis and Acute Management of Stroke - Elisabeth Breese Marsh, MD
Updates on Endovascular Stroke Trials - Venu Vadlamudi, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Selection Criteria for Mechanical Thrombectomy - Jefferson T. Miley, MD
Techniques for Acute Ischemic Stroke Revascularization - Joan C. Wojak, MD, FSIR, FACR, FAHA
Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke due to Tandem Occlusion - Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR
Training IRs to do Stroke Thrombectomy: The Suburban Experience - Ferdinand Hui, MD
Cases - Drs. Priest, Brady, Kee-Sampson, Wojak, Ansari, Vadlamudi, Radvany
Learning Objectives
On completion of this course, an attendee should be able to:
- Describe clinical stroke presentation depending upon location of vessel occlusion
- Cite new guidelines for IA stroke therapy
- Identify indications and techniques for treatment of tandem lesions
Faculty Information
Sameer A. Ansari, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Paul S. Brady, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Elisabeth Breese Marsh, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Ferdinand Hui, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joanna W. Kee-Sampson, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine
Jefferson T. Miley, MD, Dell Medical School
Ryan Priest, MD, OHSU
Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Venu Vadlamudi, MD, Inova Alexandria Hospital
Joan C. Wojak, MD, FSIR, FACR, FAHA, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
Accreditation 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 6.25 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 6.25 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.