A Tortuous Path

Authors: Lawrence Gimple, MD and Michael Ragosta III, MD
Credit/contact hours: .25
Estimated time to complete: 15 minutes
Publication Date: May 10, 2018
Expiration date: May 9, 2027

$25.00

Description:

An image can be worth a thousand words. In this course, we review an image of a right coronary catheter accessing the aorta via a right radial artery approach and discuss issues, concerns, and potential solutions for radial artery catheterization.

You Will Learn

To correctly interpret the path taken by coronary catheters accessing the central circulation from a radial artery approach.
To list the advantages and disadvantages of radial artery catheterization
To determine when a coronary angiogram is adequate or alternate approaches need to be taken to obtain adequate coronary angiograms.

Method and medium:

Learners participate in the interactive learning modules by correctly answering multiple choice questions dispersed throughout. Learners will be prompted to try again, if a question is answered incorrectly.The course will open in a new tab – to exit the course, simply close the tab.

$25.00