Learning core IVUS skills - three cases illustrating the most important things a new IVUS user must be able to recognise

↳ This is a section part of Moment: Simple Education: Advances in Intravascular Imaging, June 2017

Add this Moment to your Passport

Learn from this moment and keep it forever.
Add To Passport
$69.99
This moment is included in Simple Premium - Get started for free.
FREE with Simple Premium
Start your 30-day free trial
Simple Premium offers unlimited access to all premium moments. $30.00 per month. Cancel anytime.

Preview

Summary

Dr Flavio Ribichini uses case examples to illustrate key IVUS features must be able to recognise in order to ensure best clinical outcomes. 

Add this Moment to your Passport

Learn from this moment and keep it forever.
Add To Passport
$69.99
This moment is included in Simple Premium - Get started for free.
FREE with Simple Premium
Start your 30-day free trial
Simple Premium offers unlimited access to all premium moments. $30.00 per month. Cancel anytime.

Target Audience

Learning Objectives

We know that sometimes IVUS appears difficult to understand and look forward to making things Simple for you.

Including:

  • International faculty
  • Hands on experience (break-out sessions:
    • Assembling the kit
    • Making Measurements (iPad/computer)
    • Case practice with instructor support
  • Latest clinical evidence
  • Structured case-based lectures on identification of thrombus, dissection, malapposition and more
  • Live case demonstrations using IVUS co-registration

Other Components in this Moment

Overview
What is IVUS? What evidence is there for clinical benefit?
Case examples to explain the evidence - ST/LMS/ISR/FMJ
Normal anatomy and vessel landmarks
Making measurements
Common abnormalities: Calcium, Dissection, Thrombus
The most common mistakes made by early IVUS user
How calcification affects PCI and how IVUS can help us
Live case transmission from Madrid – IVUS guided PCI
How to choose and optimise your stent using IVUS - three examples of tailoring IVUS results to the vessel characteristics
Stent failures 1 - Identifying causes of stent thrombosis
Left main PCI - why use IVUS and how do we use the images and measurements provided?
Stent failure 2 - Identifying causes of restenosis
Cases where IVUS was the difference between success and failure
How I use IVUS in CTO procedures
Intravascular imaging during procedures on sick patients - showboating, or potential saviour?
Learning core IVUS skills - three cases illustrating the most important things a new IVUS user must be able to recognise
Comparing IVUS and OCT - competitors, or complementary?
Loading Simple Education