2023 Fellows Courses

Large Bore Access: Critical Skills for Interventional Fellows – Rotation 2

Sponsored by Abiomed. Pre-Registration for this session is required.

This hands-on course is intended for Interventional Cardiologists who would like to improve their technical skills for large bore access & closure. The agenda covers didactic topics such as safe femoral arterial and alternative access techniques and potential complications. Workshops will cover ultrasound, percutaneous axillary access and vascular closure devices. Attendees will gain a better understanding of these techniques and strategies to better enable the use of Impella hemodynamic support.

Patient I.D. for Impella Assisted High-Risk PCI and Cardiogenic Shock
Khanjan Shah, MD MPH, University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, Gainesville, FL
The Importance of Large Bore Femoral Access Techniques
Kathleen Kearney, M.D., FSCAI, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bailout and Closure Complication Strategies
Siddharth A. Wayangankar, M.D., FSCAI, Baptist Heart Specialists, Jacksonville, FL