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Posted: 11/13/07

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VAS 205 – Therapeutic and Interventional

 

Course Description

This course includes a description and explanation of therapeutic intervention and other diagnostic tests that may be performed at locations other than a vascular lab to diagnosis venous, cerebral and arterial diseases. Topics include: therapeutic intervention, compression therapy, medical therapy, invasive diagnostic tests, surgical therapy, noninvasive diagnostic tests, and nonsurgical intervention.


 

Competency Areas

Hours

Therapeutic Intervention

Class

2

Compression Therapy

D. Lab

2

Medical Therapy

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Invasive Diagnostic Tests

Credit

4

Surgical Therapy

 

 

Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests

 

 

Nonsurgical Intervention

 

 


 

Prerequisite:

AHS 104, CVT 111, DMS 133, DMS 136, DMS 202, VAS 144

Corequisite:

VAS 245

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will be able to:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.


 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Intervention

3

0

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of clinical vascular diagnostic procedures with Arterial, Cerebral, and Venous therapies.

 

 

 

Compression Therapy

2

0

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of clinical vascular diagnostic procedures with compression therapy for pseudoaneurysms.        

 

 

 

Medical Therapy

2

0

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility and limitations of the following invasive tests:

a.       Intravenous & oral anticoagulants

b.       Antiplatelet medications

c.       Aspirin Therapy

d.       Thrombolytic Agents.

 

 

 

Invasive Diagnostic Tests

2

10

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility and limitations of these Invasive Tests to include:

a.       Venography (methods, interpretation, limitations)

b.       Arteriography (methods, interpretation, limitations).

 

 

 

Surgical Therapy

4

4

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of surgical therapies to include:

a.       Carotid endarterectomy

b.       Vein patch or graft

c.       Arterial bypass grafting

d.       Thrombectomy

e.       Embolectomy.

 

 

 

Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests

4

6

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility and limitations of these procedures:

a.       Magnetic resonance angiogram

b.       Magnetic resonance flow meters

c.       Computed tomography

d.       Nuclear medicine vascular procedures

 

 

 

Nonsurgical Intervention

3

0

0

 

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of nonsurgical intervention to include:

a.       Angioplasty

b.       Atherectomy

c.       Angioscopy

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Bushong, S (2004). Radiologic Science for Technologists. (8thed.) Elsevier: ISBN-13: 978-0323025553

Daigle, R (2002). Techniques in Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis. (2007) Summer Publishing: ISBN:  0-9720653-0-X

Kern, M (1999), The Cardiac Catheterization Handbook (4th ed.) Elsevier: ISBN: 0-8151-2614-X

Mosby’s Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions. (5th ed.) Elsevier. ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03943-7

Snopek, A (2006). Fundamentals of Special Radiographic Procedures (5th ed.) Elsevier: ISBN-13: 978-0721606323

Strandness, E (2002). Duplex Scanning in Vascular Disorders (3rd ed.) Lippincott: ISBN:  0-7817-2631-X

Taber’s Cyclopedic Dictionary. (20th ed) F. A. Davis. ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1207-5

Thrush, A (2005), Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound (2nd ed.) Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone: ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07283-3

Zweibel, W & Pellerito, J (2005). Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography. (4th ed.) Elsevier/Saunders:
ISBN: 0-7216-6949-2