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SCAI Radial Summit to
Feature Angioplasty from the Wrist for Interventional Cardiologists
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July 17,
2010 -- Angioplasty and stent placement, performed
from the wrist, is the topic of the just announced "SCAI
Radial Summit", being presented by the The Society for Cardiovascular
Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) in Boston, Massachusetts
on November 5, 2010.
Popular in Europe and Asia, the transradial (or wrist) approach
to percutaneous catheter-based diagnostic and interventional
procedures is just starting out in the U.S. |
Various hospital centers and cardiologists who
have learned the transradial technique have been offering courses
to other physicians
and cath
lab personnel on a limited basis for the past several years, but
recently SCAI has become involved in promoting
training. The organization hosted two major symposia on the radial
approach at its Annual Scientific Sessions held in San
Diego this past March, and is now offering what is the first standalone
course on the transradial approach to coronary interventions to be
organized by a national professional society in the U.S.
The SCAI Radial Summit will be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel
on November 5, 2010. The organizers state that:
"The program will
offer interventional cardiologists and
other
vascular
specialists
the opportunity
to receive transradial access/interventional training, based
on the latest information and best practices in this growing
area of
interventional
cardiovascular medicine. Program highlights include Utilization
and Impact of TRA/I on PCI Outcomes, Managing Radiation and
Contrast Use with TRA/I, Diagnostic and Guiding Catheters,
TRI in STEMI, Venous Procedures from the Upper Extremity...and
much more!"
The distinguished faculty is led by Boston-area
cardiologists and SCAI Fellows Dr. Christopher Pyne of the Lahey
Clinic and Dr. Pinak Shah of Brigham and Women's and includes radial
experts
Olivier
Bertrand,
M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI, Ian Gilchrist, M.D., FSCAI, Tift Mann, M.D.,
FSCAI, Samir Pancholy, M.D., FSCAI, Jeffrey Popma, M.D., FSCAI
and Kimberly Skelding, M.D., FSCAI. A complete schedule and registration
for this course is available
online from the SCAI.
About The Radial Access Center on Angioplasty.Org
To assist in educating the professional and patient population in the U.S. about
the this technique, Angioplasty.Org created the "Radial
Access Center for Transradial Approach" in 2007, a special
section devoted to information and news about the transradial technique, for
both patients and physicians. The Radial Center features interviews with leading
practitioners of the radial technique, such as Drs. Jeffrey Popma, Sunil Rao,
John Coppola, Shigeru Saito, Jennifer Tremmel and Howard Cohen. The section
also maintains a
listing of upcoming training courses in the transradial approach.
For patients there is also a "Hospital
Locator" that lists U.S. centers practicing
radial angiography. As Dr. Howard Cohen of Lenox Hill Hospital
in New York says of the wrist technique, "Patients really
prefer it. 95% of people who've had it both ways would say
'I'm coming back to you, Dr. Cohen because I like this transradial
a lot better than the other way!'
Reported by Burt Cohen, July 17, 2010
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