Cath Lab Basics 2010
Designed for all nurses and technologists who work within the cardiac catheterization lab, regardless of experience.
Registration Fee: $45 - SICP or ACVP Member Fee: $40
CNE and AHRA Accredited
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
• Appreciate the role of drug eluting stents vs. bare metal stents in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
• Compare outcomes of CABG vs. PCI from the SYNTAX and FAME trial
• Appreciate the value of fractional flow reserve and intravascular ultrasound
• Discuss the differences between radial and femoral access technique, advantages, disadvantages and complications
• Review outcomes in high risk PCI and ventricular support patients
• Discuss the techniques of assessment for mitral stenosis and vavuloplasty
• Describe the atrial septal defect closure indications, shunt calculations in the cath lab and techniques and complications of ASD closure
