Neurovascular (Carotid and Transcranial Doppler)

Neurovascular (Carotid and Transcranial Doppler) is organized by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and would be held during Oct 02 - 06, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America.

Course Description :

The Neurovascular Ultrasound courses present the anatomy, pathophysiology and hemodynamics regarding the extra- and intracranial cerebral circulation. Carotid duplex sonography, color-flow imaging, carotid intima-media thickness measurement, transcranial Doppler (TCD), embolus detection and new developments in ultrasonographic methods are presented during both lectures and hands-on scanning lab sessions. The emphasis is on clinical applications, case examples and principles of interpretation. The courses are designed as a one week curriculum, and participants are encouraged to attend for the entire week. However, the first part of the week focuses on principles, physics and extracranial carotid sonography, while the latter part of the week focuses on TCD. Either part may be attended separately.

Learning Objectives :

At the conclusion of this continuing medical education activity, the participant should be better able to:
• Discuss key principles of ultrasound physics, technology, and anatomy as applied to neurovascular testing.
• Describe hemodynamics and pathophysiology of the cerebral circualation, and alterations relevant to patients with stroke, cerebrovascular disease (including Sickle cell disease (SCD), vasospasm and TBI.
• List clinical indications for neurovascular testing, particularly as related to patients with stroke, cerebrovascular disease, SCD, vasospasm and TBI.
• Discuss the intergrated role for neurovascular ultrasound in the mangement of patients with stroke,cerebrovascular disease, vasospasm and TBI and potential benefits to improve patient safety and outcomes.
• Discuss criteria for interpretation of neurovascular ultrasound studies.
• Describe key aspects of ongoing quality improvement in a neurovascular service.
• Demonstrate the hands-on ability to successfully identify pathology within key arterial segments in the extracranial circulation (CCA, BIF, ICA, ECA, VA) and to obtain Doppler velocity measurements from those segments.
• Demonstrate the hands-on ability to identify key intracranial arterial segments using TCD (MCA, ACA, PCA, VA, BA) and to obtain Doppler velocity measurements from those segments.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.