ENROLLMENT IS NOW FULL
Date:
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March 12-13, 2010
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Location:
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The Westin Buckhead Atlanta; Atlanta, GA
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Directors:
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Christopher U. Cates, MD, FSCAI; Bonnie H. Weiner, M.D., FSCAI
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Aimed at interventional cardiologists and others with previous experience in carotid stenting, SCAI's Advanced Curriculum in Acute Stroke Intervention and Carotid Stenting is designed to give physicians the chance to build on their knowledge and prepare physicians for stroke-specific interventional techniques.
It is a prerequisite that attendees already be pretty adept at getting carotid access as well as access to the neurovascular circulation. The advanced curriculum will teach participants how to use that access to retrieve clots, fix stenoses, and implant stents to treat intracranial lesions.
Topics covered will include new and emerging developments in the field, tools and techniques for acute stroke intervention, complicated conditions and situations, and the experiences of practitioners from around the world. The course's goals are three-fold:
- To improve participants' knowledge of stroke and effective new ways of treating it;
- Teach them interventional approaches for acute stroke intervention; and
- Give them a safe way to practice those new skills.
A highlight of the course will be simulator training in mechanical clot retrieval and intracranial stenting. This year's offering will feature a new session on neuroimaging techniques - such as computerized tomography and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in order - to give participants more experience in interpreting live images in cerebral circulation and blood flow.