Dialysis Percutaneous AVF (pAVF)



Date & Location
Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 12:00 AM - Friday, January 31, 2025, 11:00 PM

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Designated (1.00 hours)

Target Audience
Specialties - Radiology, Vascular
Professions - Physician, Sonographers, Vascular Technologists

Overview
In June 2018, the U.S. FDA permitted marketing of two catheter-based devices designed to create dialysis AVF via percutaneous catheter-guided techniques. Devices function to avoid aspects of surgical complications: poor incisional site healing, Vessel clamping and dissection. Now, over five years since their first reports, percutaneous AVF is one of the most innovative and significant steps forward in native dialysis vascular access (VA) creation.

Registration

To register for activity go to: www.svu.org

Members: Free

Non-members: $50.00


Objectives
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the steps of the pAVF endovascular procedure
  2. Identify the criteria for patient selection
  3. Demonstrate the step-by-step duplex ultrasonography protocol used for the pre-operative vessel mapping and post-operative surveillance.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Cincinnati and Society for Vascular Ultrasound.

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Cincinnati designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Additional Information
The opinions expressed during the live activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Cincinnati. The information is presented for the purpose of advancing the attendees’ professional development.