Should this patient have a CABG or Stent or medical therapy? - Dr Yousif Ahmad

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Summary

Dr Yousif Ahmad gives an overview of how to choose between the different treatment modalitiies for coronary artery disease, both medical therapy and revascularisaiton with either PCI or bypass surgery

  • How to assess patient's suitability for revascularisation in general, and then specifically PCI or CABG
  • ESC guidelines for revascularisation
  • Specific conditions and how they impact your patient's suitability for PCI or CABG (i.e. diabetes, ejection fraction)
  • How to calculate the SYNTAX score for your patient
  • The available evidence-base and how to interpret it to help plan the best treatment for your patient
  • How to prepare and present your patient's case successfully to the Heart Team MDT meeting

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Target Audience

  • Interventional cardiology trainees
  • Cardiology trainees
  • General practictioners with specialist interest in cardiology
  • Clinical fellows
  • Physiologists
  • Cath lab staff
  • Aspiring cardiology trainees


This course is organised and run by Simple Education and is kindly supported by Medtronic and Volcano.

Learning Objectives

The Simple Education Essential Guide to Coronary Angiography, Stenting and Structural Intervention has a refreshing style, and is innovative in format  comprising short lectures all filmed with HD and is centred on real cases and video demonstrations.

  • Feel more confident in the cardiac catheter lab
  • Instantly know what to do when things go wrong during procedures 
  • Familarise yourself with Emergencies 
  • Learn about different catheters, for native arteries and grafts
  • Watch live case practical demonstrations
  • Learn about access routes and vascular closure 

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