This month's journal based article is titled: Change in Platelet Count After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: An Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA) Group Study
Following completion of this CME activity, the participant will be able to:
Discuss the effects of TIPS on platelet count
Understand patient factors associated with increase in platelet count after TIPS
Describe how much improvement in thrombocytopenia some patients may experience after TIPS creation
This program is designed to meet the educational needs of interventional radiologists, nurses, techs, and trainees at all levels with special interest in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension.
Randi J. Wong, BSa , Jin Ge, MD, MBA, Jennifer C. Lai, MD, MBA, K. Pallav Kolli, MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Justin Boike, MD, Bartley Thornburg, MD, Lisa VanWagner, MD
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Margarita German, MD, Erin Spengler, MD, Adnan Said, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Giuseppe Morelli, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Archita Desai, MD
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Thomas Couri, MD and Sonali Paul, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Catherine Frenette, MD
Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA
Elizabeth C. Verna, MD
Columbia University, New York, NY
Aparna Goel, MD
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Michael Fallon, MD
University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
CME Editor: Daniel Sheeran, M.D.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Content and Scope: As the official journal of the Society of Interventional Radiology, JVIR is the peer-reviewed journal of choice for radiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons, and other clinicians who need current and reliable information on every aspect of vascular and interventional radiology. Each article goes through a peer review process to validate that the content is matched to the current or potential scope of our learners and that any disclosures submitted do not introduce a conflict or bias within the scientific article.
Accreditation Statement:
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 continuing medical education for physicians. SIR designates this education activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.