Neurointerventions II: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 

Room: 394 

CME Tech: 1.5 

CME Credits: 1.5 

This workshop will use a case-based interactive format to expose participants to Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency. CCSVI is a clinical syndrome resulting from outflow resistance of the veins that drain the brain and the spine, presenting clinically with chronic fatigue, short term memory loss, problems of concentration and complex thinking, headaches, spasticity and vision deficiencies and treated with some success by venoplasty and valvuloplasty. The workshop speakers will describe clinical presentations, explain their pre-procedural evaluations and preparations and elaborate on the criteria they use to decide which patients might benefit from the procedure. Each presenter will illustrate and explain the techniques that they use to image and treat obstructions and define the end points of their treatments. Finally they will discuss follow-up schema. The types of cases discussed will include the following: Routine uncomplicated cases that illustrate the key components of each speaker's techniques; cases that reveal nuances in technique of each speaker; misdiagnoses, technical errors and complications; "re-do" and "bailout" procedures.

Upon completion of the session, the learner should be able to:
1.Describe the pathology and pathophysiology, and clinical presentation of CCSVI
2. Describe the various screening, diagnostic and surveillance approaches to CCSVI
3. Recognize the venographic appearances of CCSVI and formulate a strategy for their detection
4. Develop a coherent and effective treatment strategy
5. Recognize, reduce and treat complications of treatment 

Neurovascular and Carotid Interventions

Nursing Contact Hour Pathway

Technologist Continuing Education Pathway