SVM in the Vascular Lab:
The past, present and future of vascular ultrasound

Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., join SVM for this informative workshop.
Workshop registration is included in your full SVM Meeting Registration.

This day-long program will put the spotlight on the non-invasive vascular laboratory. In an innovative program format, sessions will focus on three areas of vascular testing, carotid, arterial, and venous, with each session providing a historical perspective, an update on current diagnostic criteria and review of interesting and unusual cases, and a glimpse of the state-of-the art and future technological advances in each testing area. 

A fourth session will focus on must-know updates for current vascular laboratory practice, including appropriate use criteria, accreditation, and coding and reimbursement.

Hot topics to be included in this symposium include:

  • Carotid IMT testing
  • New updates on evaulation of endovascular stents
  • The role of the vascular lab in endovenous ablation
  • New applications of fusion imaging

The recently described and controversial entity of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency will be reviewed as it relates to the non-invasive vascular laboratory. Rounding out the day will be a not-to-miss mock RPVI review examination using the audience response system.

The program faculty have been carefully selected for their expertise and teaching skills and represent a vibrant mix of SVM member faculty and colleagues from the vascular technology and vascular surgery communities with national renown.

This program would be of interest to vascular medicine specialists, vascular technologists and sonographers, radiologists, cardiologists who practice cardiovascular ultrasound, and vascular surgeons as well as vascular trainess.

Earn up to 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by attending this workshop. CME Information.

Workshop Objectives:

At the end of this symposium you should be able to:

  1. Recognize the significant variation in diagnostic criteria for internal carotid artery stenosis across accredited vascular laboratories.
  2. Incorporate the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and arterial duplex examination into a surveillance program following lower extremity bypass grafting and stenting.
  3. Recognize ultrasound manifestation of non-atherosclerotic arterial disease in the carotid, peripheral, and abdominal arteries. 
  4. Use duplex ultrasound to diagnose deep vein thrombosis and valvular incomptency of the superficial venous system. 
  5. Review aspects of appropriate use criteria for vascular testing which can be incorporated into clinical practice.
Workshop Schedule
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

SVM in the Vascular Lab: The past, present and future of vascular ultrasound
Part 1:  Carotid duplex testing

  • Basics of carotid ultrasound and diagnosis of ICA stenosis, Marie Gerhard–Herman, MD, FSVM, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • The history of carotid testing – from OPG and CW Doppler to plaque and PSV, TBD
  • Interesting and unusual cases from my lab – carotid disease, Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHS, FSVM, The Cleveland Clinic
  • New kid on the block – the carotid adventitia, Marie Gerhard–Herman, MD, FSVM, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • Criteria for ICA stenosis in the United States:  Let’s stop the madness, Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHS, FSVM, The Cleveland Clinic
  • Carotid IMT testing:  state of the science and recommended use in 2012 and beyond, Vijay Nambi, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. – Noon

SVM in the Vascular Lab: The past, present and future of vascular ultrasound
Part 2:  Arterial and abdominal duplex testing

  • The ankle–brachial index: basics and state of the art update, Reena L. Pande, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Basics of duplex examination for upper and lower extremity arterial disease, Teresa L. Carman, MD, FSVM, University Hosptials Case Medical Center
  • Basics of duplex evaluation for renal and mesenteric artery stenosis, Esther Soo Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, FSVM, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Testing and surveillance of arterial disease in the OR and the vascular laboratory ––– my historical perspective, Dennis Bandyk, MD, University of California San Diego Medical Center
  • Interesting and unusual cases from my lab –  arterial and abdominal duplex, Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, MSVM, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
  • New insights on the evaluation of endovascular stents in the vascular laboratory, TBD
  • Potential applications of fusion imaging in the vascular laboratory, Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, MSVM, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Noon – 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break––Lunch:  Mock RPVI Exam with audience response system
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

SVM in the Vascular Lab: The past, present and future of vascular ultrasound
Part 3: Venous testing

  • Basics of duplex evaluation of the lower extremities for venous thrombosis, Robert T. Eberhardt, MD, FSVM, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Basics of duplex evaluation of the lower extremities for valvular incompetency, Alfonso Tafur, MD, Oklahoma University Science Center
  • Plethysmographic testing for venous disease:  old school but still helpful! Paul W. Wennberg, MD, FSVM, Mayo Clinic
  • Interesting and unusual venous cases from my lab – venous disease,TBD
  • The evolving role of the vascular lab in the care of the patient with varicose veins; what’s on the horizon, Yung–wei Chi, DO, RVT, FSVM, UC Davis Vascular Center
  • Use of intraoperative and intravascular ultrasound for venous procedures, Robert M. Schainfeld, DO, FSVM, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • What is CCSVI? Is testing for this ready for prime time in the vascular lab? Esther Soo Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, FSVM, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SVM in the Vascular Lab: The past, present and future of vascular ultrasound
Part 4 Update in laboratory management issues

  • 2012 Vascular lab reimbursement update; 5 things you need to know, Rita E. Shugart, RN, RVT, Shugart Consulting
  • What’s new from IAC and ICAVL, Marge Hutchisson, LPN, RVT, ICAVL
  • ACC/AHA Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for peripheral vascular testing, Emile R. Mohler III, MD, FSVM, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
  • Highlights of the ACC/AHA PAD guideline update, Thom W. Rooke, MD, FSVM, Mayo Clinic

Updated May 4, 2012