Accreditation

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the physician should be able to:

• Discuss the role of specific imaging tools to plan, guide, and assess embolotherapy.
• Understand the macro- and microcirculatory environment in order to maximize chemo- and radioembolization of liver tumors.
• Describe the evidence for and results of embolization for treatment of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, trauma, hemoptysis, and hepatic and extrahepatic malignancies.
• Use bland, chemo, and radio-embolization for treatment of hepatic malignancies.
• Summarize the most current clinical trials in endovascular and ablative loco-regional therapies of solid organ and bone malignancies.
• Explain patient selection for embolotherapy of peripheral arterial, trauma, gastrointestinal, venous, and gynecological disease states.
• Manage rapid imaging and clinical workup of multi-trauma patients and implement rapid embolization therapies.
• Describe the anatomy relevant to prostate embolization, patient selection, and technical considerations.
• Understand the classifications of basic and complex peripheral vascular malformations and define therapies or indications for referral.
• Describe the indications and embolization approaches to the treatment of visceral aneurysms.
• Manage endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).
• Use embolization for treatment of miscellaneous non-malignant conditions including hypersplenism, adenomyosis, and epistaxis.
• Incorporate technical knowledge of the most current devices and techniques for transient or permanent vessel occlusion.

Target Audience

GEST U.S. will be of value to interventional radiologists, oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, nurses, radiology technologists, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals interested in the field of embolization.

Accreditation

Complete Conference Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME^®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Complete Conference Management designates this live activity for a maximum of 28.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) allows the use of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM for their nursing recertification requirements.

This activity is approved by AVIR for up to 25.5 ARRT Category A+ Credits.

Disclaimer

The information provided at this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with ACCME^® Accreditation requirements, faculty are required to disclose any financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed during this educational activity and with any commercial supporters of this activity.