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January
6,
2011 -- 6:15pm EST
Philadelphia Transradial Intervention Program:
Take a TRIP
Just a reminder to you interventional cardiologists,
cath lab nurses and technologists who are interested in learning how
to do angiograms, angioplasty and stents from the wrist -- next Saturday,
January 15, is SCAI's second transradial program, being held in Philadelphia
with an "all-star" faculty of transradial experts (see "Transradial
Wrist Angioplasty Training Coast-to-Coast in January
2011").
The first program in Boston sold out
and this one is filling up fast. The TRIP course is being led by
Program Co-chairs Kimberly Skelding, M.D., FSCAI and Samir B. Pancholy,
M.D., FSCAI, and features "a dynamic mix of didactic
lectures, case reviews and simulation training."
Dr. Skelding told Angioplasty.Org:
"I am thrilled that the transradial approach
is being embraced by the interventional community at this point.
It has not been systematically accepted and it is an important
approach to decrease complications in our patient population,
especially for the elderly population, women and ACS/STEMI
groups which have the highest bleeding risk."
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There is also a special Nurse and Technologist Symposium
on the schedule. More information and online registration for the
course can be found at
SCAI's
web site.
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