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Duke Announces Advanced
Transradial Angioplasty Training Course
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Sunil
V. Rao, MD and Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD of
Duke University
Medical
Center and Mauricio Cohen,
MD of University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine |
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March
22, 2011 --
This October, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in conjunction
with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and
the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
(SCAI), will present the "Duke
Advanced Course in Transradial Angiography and Intervention",
one of the first advanced courses in this new and growing
technique to be offered in the United States. Dr. Sunil
V. Rao, one of the key researchers of access site bleeding
complications resulting
from angioplasty and stent placement,
has been a vocal proponent of the transradial (wrist) approach
to angioplasty, which minimizes or eliminates these complications.
Now Dr.
Rao and his
colleague, Dr. Mitchell W. Krucoff, have teamed with Dr. Mauricio
Cohen of the University of Miami to offer a comprehensive
and intensive two-day CME training course in the transradial
approach for
clinical
and
interventional cardiologists, as well as physicians and
technicians
involved
in the care of
patients.
The objective of the program
is to provide cardiologists, cardiology fellows, nurses, and
cath lab technologists the opportunity to learn about advanced
use of the transradial approach to diagnostic catheterization
and coronary and interventional procedures. A faculty of leading
international experts, such as Drs. Olivier Betrand, Tejas
Patel, Samir Pancholy, David Kandzari, Tift Mann, Chris Pyne,
Ian Gilchrist, Shigeru Saito, Ron Caputo and more, will incorporate
didactic, case-based and live presentations to provide
the latest information on the benefits of transradial PCI.
The two-day course will be held on October 20-21, 2011 at
the Embassy Suites in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Rao told Angioplasty.Org, "This
is the first advanced radial course in the US and we are very
excited about it."
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The overall goal of the activities is to enhance
learners’ knowledge and their competency to incorporate evidence-based
updates in their practice. At the conclusion of this activity, participants
should be able to:
- Identify appropriate patient selection
for the radial approach to PCI with a focus on Allen’s
testing and prior coronary bypass surgery.
- Describe pharmacological options to treat
arterial spasm during PCI via the radial artery and pharmacological
options for protection from thrombotic complications during
PCI.
- Describe technical aspects of PCI via the
radial approach including reviewing guide catheter options,
catheter manipulation, and treatment of complex lesions.
- Describe methods for dealing with challenging
vascular anatomy in the forearm and chest.
| The primary target audience for this activity is interventional
and clinical cardiologists, including invited thought leaders from
leading teaching and research centers. The secondary target audience
is other physicians and technicians involved in the care of cardiac
patients.
The Duke University School of Medicine designates
this educational activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category
1 credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent
of their participation in the activity.
More information can be
found on the course web
site at https://www.dcri.org/education-training/meetings/transradial-master-course where
you will be able to register online.
A
PDF of the
preliminary program brochure can be found at https://www.dcri.org/education-training/meetings/meeting-brochures/DukeTransradial2011_PrelimAgenda.pdf.
For more information, contact Wendy
Sprintz of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (
DCRI) at (877) 707-2904, or email her at wendy.sprintz@duke.edu
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,
Mauricio Cohen, John Coppola, Shigeru Saito and Jennifer Tremmel. 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, March 22, 2010
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