Overview

Each webinar in this series presents three twenty-minute cases with an emphasis on imaging. Led by members of the SCAI Bifurcation Club and Dr. Tanveer Rab, discussions are case-based and focused predominantly on procedural approaches and techniques. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of these activities, participants will be able to:

• Assess and apply procedural techniques to treat bifurcation lesions
• Examine imaging modalities and their best applications
• Discuss challenging bifurcation cases
• Explain treatment of bifurcation lesions in the presence of cardiogenic shock and STEMI

Agenda 

• CTO and Bifurcation Lesions: An Expert Consensus from the European Bifurcation Club and EuroCTO Club, Dr. Pan
• CTO Bifurcation Cases, Drs. Karmpaliotis and Nicholson

Faculty

Accreditation Statement 

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation 

SCAI designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 medical knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful Completion

Watch the content and complete the evaluation to obtain credit.

Registration

Cost: Free

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic.

Disclosures

• Dr. Nicholson—Advisory Board: Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Teleflex; Consulting: Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Tand eleflex; Grants: Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Teleflex, and Philips.
• Dr. Pan—Speaker: Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Philips.

SCAI's Independent Content

As a provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the Society’s policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its activities.

Planning Process 

SCAI activities are developed by the SCAI planners prior to and independent of commercial support. Members of the Education Committee reviewed and approved this activity. If planners had relevant financial relationships, the agenda was peer reviewed by a member with no relevant financial relationships.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

All participating planners, reviewers, faculty, and staff are required to disclose to SCAI all financial relationships with ineligible companies. SCAI identifies relevant financial relationships and mitigates them before the activity begins. 

Content Validation Statement

SCAI accepts the following Content Validation Statements and expects all persons involved in its professional education activities to abide by these statements for clinical care recommendations. All clinical and pharmacological recommendations are based on evidence accepted within the medical profession as adequate jurisdiction for their indications and contradictions in patient care. All research referenced to support or justify patient care recommendations conforms to accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis. SCAI does not promote recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing medicine that are not within the definition of accredited continuing education or known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients. SCAI actively promotes improvements in health care and NOT proprietary interests of an ineligible company. SCAI's educational content is free of marketing or sales of products or services. Faculty will not actively promote or sell products or services that serve their professional or financial interests during accredited education. SCAI encourages faculty to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at first mention and where appropriate in the content.