Understanding Peripheral Vascular Testing

Whether you’re a busy physician who needs to sharpen your interpretation skills or you’re trying to document formal training for Vascular Lab Accreditation this is the course for you. The course will equip you with the tools and techniques that help you achieve greater confidence and accuracy in your interpretation skills in peripheral vascular ultrasound. It was designed to maximize your time away by focusing on the normal versus abnormal vascular scans in a small group setting that will include lecture, case study presentations and interpretation sessions. The course topics will include the factors that help you optimize the Doppler examination, review of the artifacts that can affect diagnostic accuracy, characterize and correlate formation, and spectral Doppler and color flow imaging analysis.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course the participant will be able to:

• Identify normal peripheral vascular anatomy on a duplex scan
• Identify normal waveform characteristics on a duplex scan
• Identify normal characteristics of an extremity physiologic exam
• Complete the interpretation and structure a report for a peripheral vascular exam

Course Topics

• Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation
• Scanning protocols
• Scan Artifacts
• Normal Venous and Arterial anatomy
• Acute and Chronic DVT, Venous Insufficiency
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Physiologic Testing
• Duplex examinations
• Case studies and practice interpretation session

Target Audience
Any Physician who interprets peripheral vascular physiologic and duplex/color examinations. Experienced Sonographers or other health care professionals who are involved with vascular accreditation may benefit from attendance in this course.

CME Credits

• “The Advanced Health Education Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”
• “The Advanced Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”

Faculty: Terry J. Zwakenberg, BS, RRT, RDCS, RVT

Dates/Location: All in Houston, Texas

• March 1
• July 12
• December 13

Hours: 8am – 5pm

Fee: $635