Interactive Touchpoints: Advances in Interventional Approaches
Immerse yourself in these interactive, targeted CME touchpoints with expert faculty from Northwestern Medicine, Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health, and UK HealthCare. It is important for clinicians to know which intervention (non-procedural, procedural, etc.) is best for their patients based on individual characteristics and disease severity. These touchpoints include images, easy-to-read charts and graphs as well as expert video commentary.
Approaches to Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis: Medical and Endovascular Management
CME Touchpoint
Nearly half of all patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) go on to develop post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). This CME-certified, 30-minute touchpoint features an expert interventional radiologist, Dr. Kush Desai from Northwestern Medicine, and includes video commentary on key clinical trial data and patient selection for endovascular interventions to reduce the risk of PTS. Dr. Desai also addresses the impact and severity of PTS, and the role of interventions in improving patient quality of life.
Featured topic areas include:
• The burden of PTS
• Clinical trials that examine the use of catheter directed interventional methods for improving outcomes after DVT
• Procedural considerations: Device management
• How I do it case on a patient who presents with iliofemoral DVT
Faculty: Kush Desai, MD, FSIR
Release Date:
Expiration Date: February 03, 2024
CME/CE is no longer available for this activity
Decisions in Interventional Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
CME Touchpoint
Clinicians who diagnose and treat patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) need to be updated on guidelines and trials regarding the current interventional therapeutic landscape, particularly with catheter-directed devices. In this targeted 30-minute CME touchpoint, Dr. Adrian Messerli from UK HealthCare discusses the latest recommendations for the management of PE. This interactive activity will feature images, easy-to-read charts, and graphs as well as expert video commentary.
Faculty: Adrian Messerli, MD
Release Date:
Expiration Date: February 26, 2024
CME/CE is no longer available for this activity
Closing in on Post-Thrombotic Syndrome: The Latest Updates
CME Touchpoint
Dr. Kush Desai from Northwestern Medicine and Dr. Erin Murphy from Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health discuss the latest updates in post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) including a review on the newer venous stents as well as limitations with conservative therapies in this targeted 30-minute CME touchpoint. The touchpoint features images, easy-to-read charts and graphs, and features their expert perspectives on the treatment of PTS, the benefits of venous stenting, as well as the best follow-up approach in patients in post-stenting.
Faculty: Kush Desai, MD, FSIR and Erin Murphy, MD
Release Date:
Expiration Date: March 29, 2024
CME/CE is no longer available for this activity
Improving Outcomes in Chronic Limb-threatening Ischemia: Practical Approaches to Above- and Below-the-knee Interventions
CME Touchpoint
In this targeted 45-minute CME touchpoint, Dr. Anahita Dua, vascular surgeon from Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Mitchell Weinberg from Staten Island University Hospital and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, discuss the latest updates in approaches to above-the-knee and below-the-knee interventions for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). The faculty will also address assessment of risk severity to recommend the best treatment option. Proper follow-up care for those who require interventions will also be addressed. The touchpoint features images, easy-to-read charts and graphs, and their expert perspectives on above- and below-the-knee interventions to ensure the best clinical outcomes in CLTI..
Faculty: Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, MSc and Mitchell Weinberg, MD, MBA
Release Date:
Expiration Date: September 23, 2023
CME/CE is no longer available for this activity
