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Vascular Interventions Online 2021 – Peripheral Arterial Disease / Lower Limb

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  • Intervention
  • Vascular

Available Credit:

  • 1.00 EBAC

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VIO 2021 – Peripheral Arterial Disease / Lower Limb
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Overview

In this session, Peripheral Arterial Disease / Lower Limb – Part 1, part of Vascular Interventions Online 2021, a leading faculty discuss topics such as Treatment Strategies for Below the Knee Disease, The Future of Drug-coated Stents, Vessel Preparation and Debulking Strategies Staying in the Lumen and Endovascular Treatment of Arterial Injuries.

 

Vascular Interventions Online (VIO) aims to educate vascular professionals, interventionalists and surgeons who are involved and/or interested in vascular interventional treatment with a focus on Aortic, Venous and PAD / Lower Limb.

Support Statement

This programme is supported by unrestricted educational grants from the following companies. The scientific programme has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.

 

  • Bentley
  • Shockwave Medical

Disclosure

In compliance with EBAC / EACCME guidelines, all speakers/chairpersons participating in this programme have disclosed or indicated potential conflicts of interest which might cause a bias in the presentations.

 

The Organising Committee/Course Director is responsible for ensuring that all potential conflicts of interest relevant to the event are declared to the audience prior to the CME activities

Terms & Conditions

Radcliffe Education requires contributors to our CME programmes to disclose any relevant financial relationships that have occurred within the past 12 months that could create a conflict of interest. These will be identified in the faculty section if applicable.

 

The session of ‘Vascular Interventions Online – Peripheral Arterial Disease / Lower Limb – Part 1'  is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for 1 hour of external CME credits.

 

Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. EBAC works according to the quality standards of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), which is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

 

Through an agreement between the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EBAC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA website.

Instructions to Participants

There is no fee for taking part in this online learning activity.

 

Activities are designed to be completed within 60 minutes and must be completed by the registered user.

 

Physicians should only claim credits for time spent on the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity in full in the indicated time frame.

 

To complete the course and claim certification participants must:

 

  • Read the course outline information supplied and complete pre-test questions if supplied prior to starting the activity. Users must read and study the activity in its entirety before completing the post-test questions.
  • Your results will be automatically saved and if a pass score is achieved (where applicable), you may be eligible to claim credit for the activity and receive a certificate of completion.

Target Audience

  • Vascular professionals
  • Interventionalists
  • Surgeons who are involved and/or interested in Aortic, Venous, and PAD / Lower Limb

Learning Objectives

The overall programme, Vascular Interventions Online 2021, endeavours to best address the following learning objectives:

  • To develop an understanding of available treatment strategies for challenging and difficult access procedures
  • To update knowledge on the latest technological developments and options
  • To gain insight into tips and tricks employed at leading international centres

Module

Title

Duration

Speakers

Presentation Treatment Strategies for Below the Knee Disease: Open vs Endo Athanasios Diamantopoulos (The London Clinic, London, UK)
Live Case Superficial Femoral Artery Recanalization Ashish Patel (Kings College London, UK) Becky Sandford (Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK)
Presentation The Future of Drug-coated Stents – Where Do We Go Now? Narayanan Thulasidasan (Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK)
Presentation.

Treatment Strategies for Below the Knee Disease: Open vs Endo

Duration:

Speakers: Athanasios Diamantopoulos (The London Clinic, London, UK)

Presentation.

The Future of Drug-coated Stents – Where Do We Go Now?

Duration:

Speakers: Narayanan Thulasidasan (Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK)

Chair

Frank Arko

Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, North Carolina, US

Dr Frank Arko is Director of Endovascular Surgery and Co-director of the Aortic Institute at Carolinas Medical Center of the Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, among the busiest aortic repair centres in the US.

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Panelist

Koen Deloose

AZSint Blasius Hospital Dendermonde, Belgium

Director of vascular surgery at AZ Sint-Blasius Hospital, Dendermonde, BE. 

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Athanasios Diamantopoulos

The London Clinic, London, UK

Dr Athanasios Diamantopoulos is a consultant interventional radiologist at Guy's and St Thomas'. He qualified in 2004 from the medical school of University of Patras.

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Narayanan Thulasidasan

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan is a consultant interventional radiologist at at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Operator

Becky Sandford

Dr Becky Sandford has worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital as a consultant since 2016, with practice incorporating all aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery.

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Ashish Patel

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Vascular Surgery, King's College London, London, UK

Dr Ashish Patel is a Clinical Senior Lecturer specialising in vascular surgery at King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. 

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