September 21-22, 2010
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Course Directors
Marian C. Hawkey, RN
Thomas H. Maloney, MS, RCIS
Course Co-Directors
Russell A. Brandwein, RPA-C
Michael Guiry, RPA-C
Nancy Houston Miller, BSN, RN
Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS
Hilary Nierenberg, NP, MPH
Overview
New this year, TCT for Nurses and Technologists has been expanded to one and a half days to better provide a forum for discussion of the latest advances in interventional, pharmacologic, structural heart, and endovascular strategies for the management of the cardiovascular patient. Content is presented utilizing didactic lectures, case presentations, panel discussions, hands-on cadaver heart workshops, and breakout sessions.
Discount registration available to PCNA members.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 (Part 1)
8:00 am-6:00 pm
Case presentations and open panel discussions with world-renowned physicians on the following:
- Case study highlighting the evolving controversies in clinical pharmacology
- Evolution of mitral valve disease and catheter-based treatments
- Endothelial dysfunction and the clinical management of a common risk factor: Smoking
- Is carotid artery stenting finally a cath lab procedure post CREST?
A half-day course dedicated to preparation for the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists (RCIS) Registry Examination:
- Fundamental knowledge of the heart structures, hemodynamics, and disease states
- In-depth review of the aortic valve, aortic stenosis, and associated hemodynamics
- In-depth review of the mitral valve, mitral regurgitation, and associated hemodynamics
- New: Hands-on cadaver hearts of mitral and aortic valvular disease
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 (Part 2)
8:00 am-1:00 pm
In-depth breakout sessions devoted to:
- Complex coronary interventions
- Meeting the emerging challenges of transcatheter valve therapy
- New strategies and innovations for treating acute myocardial infarction
