South African Vascular Ultrasound Course

09 - 11 December 2015, Cape Town

University of Cape Town

Groote Schuur Hospital & UCT Private Academic Hospital, Cape Town

Course convener

Dr. Nadraj G Naidoo

Head: Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy

Department of Surgery

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Cape Town

Invited guests

Professor Nicos Labropoulos (Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York)

Professor ATO Abdool-Carrim (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Dr. Ahmed Kadwa (St. Augustine Hospital, Durban)

Course faculty

  • Nadraj G Naidoo
  • Nicos Labropoulos
  • Ahmed Kadwa
  • ATO Abdool-Carrim
  • Bhavesh Natha
  • Laura Redman
  • Loretta O` Neil (GSH) – Vascular ultrasonographer
  • Nadia David (GSH) – Vascular ultrasonographer
  • Belinda Stevens (Millpark hospital) – Vascular ultrasonographer

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Nadraj G Naidoo

Liezel Klinghorn (Vascumed) Craig Goodburn (Torquemed)

Paul Young (Medtronic) Anadia Boshoff (BARD)

John Orr (Marcus Medical) Caroline Alleson (Boston Scientific)

Samantha Schofield (SA Biomedical)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY (09/12/2015)

07h40 – 07h45: Welcome NG Naidoo

07h45 – 09h30: SESSION 1 (Basic principles of vascular ultrasound)

07h45 – 08h30: Basic principles of ultrasound & vascular physiology

…as it relatesto vascular ultrasound imagingA Kadwa

08h30 – 08h45: Overview: Controls for the ultrasound machineN Labropoulos

(Live / interactive: “knobology”)

08h45 – 09h30: Performing the scan – normal anatomy

(Technique and procedural considerations)N Labropoulos

(Live demonstration)

09h30 – 10h00: TEA

10h00 – 12h00: Practical hands-on session

(Includes US-guided vascular access on phantom models)

12h00 – 13h00: LUNCH

13h00 – 14h30: SESSION 2 (Cerebrovascular disease)

  • Carotid artery
  • Vertebral artery
  • Intracranial vessels

13h00- 13h45: Anatomico-pathological considerations &NG Naidoo

Ultrasound principles

13h45 - 14h30: Performing the scanA Kadwa

(Technique and procedural considerations)

(Live demonstration)

14h30 – 15h00: TEA

15h00 – 17h30: Practical hands-on session

THURSDAY (10/12/2015)

08h00 – 09h30: SESSION 2 (Venous - lower extremity)

  • Primary varicose veins – Great saphenous vein (GSV)
  • Primary varicose veins – Small saphenous vein (SSV)
  • Atypical varicose veins
  • IVC and Iliac vein assessment
  • Post-thrombotic syndrome
  • Non-thrombotic iliac vein obstruction
  • Deep vein thrombosis

08h00 – 08h30: Anatomico-pathological considerations &

Ultrasound principlesN Labropoulos

08h30 – 09h15: Performing the scanN Labropoulos

(Technique and procedural considerations)

(Live demonstration)

09h15 – 09h30: Basic principles of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)N Labropoulos

09h30 – 10h00: TEA

10h00 – 12h00: Practical hands-on session

12h00 – 13h00: LUNCH

(Live case transmission: Intravascular ultrasound)NG Naidoo

13h00 – 14h30: SESSION 3 (Upper extremity vessels; Vascular access for haemodialysis)

  • Vein assessment (Subclavian; Axillary; Internal Jugular; Basilic; Cephalic)
  • Arterial assessment (Subclavian; Axillary; Brachial; Ulna; Radial)
  • Assessment of AVF for haemodialysis
  • Principles of intravascular ultrasound
  • Axillary - subclavian vein occlusive disease

13h00 – 13h30: Anatomico-pathological considerations &

Ultrasound principlesB Natha

13h30 – 14h15: Performing the scanA Kadwa

(Technique and procedural considerations)

(Live demonstration)

14h30 – 15h00: TEA

15h00 – 17h30: Practical hands-on session

FRIDAY (11/12/2015)

08h00 – 09h30: SESSION 4 (Peripheral Arterial Disease - supra-inguinal imaging)

  • Abdominal aorta (including abdominal aortic aneurysms)
  • Iliac arteries
  • Mesenteric vessels
  • Renal vessels

08h00- 08h45: Anatomico-pathological considerations &

Ultrasound principlesATO Abdool-Carrim

08h45 - 09h30: Performing the scanN Labropoulos

(Technique and procedural considerations)

(Live demonstration)

09h30 – 10h00: TEA

10h00 – 12h00: Practical hands-on session

12h00 -13h00: LUNCH

13h00 – 14h30: SESSION 5 (Peripheral arterial disease - infra-inguinal imaging)

  • Femoral artery
  • Popliteal artery
  • Tibial vessels
  • Vein assessment and vein marking
  • Vein graft assessment

13h00 – 13h45: Anatomico-pathological considerations &

Ultrasound principlesLaura Redman

13h45 – 14h30: Performing the scanATO Abdool-Carrim

(Technique and procedural considerations)

(Live demonstration)

14h30 – 15h00: TEA

15h00 – 1730: Practical hands-on session

17h30: CLOSE

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

THURSDAY (10/12/2015)

  • Course dinner
  • Venue to be announced
  • Dress: smart casual

COURSE ACCREDITATION

  • The course will be accredited for CPD points.
  • A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to attending delegates on completion of the course.
  • The course is endorsed by:
  • The University of Cape Town (UCT)
  • The South African Inter-university Vascular Surgery Collaboration (SAIVaSC)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

(Pending confirmation of educational grants to fund this course)

VASCUMED MEDTRONIC

SA BIOMEDICAL BARD

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC TORQUEMED

MARCUS MEDICAL

VENUE:

  • GROOTE SCHUUR HOSPITAL (PGWC), Cape Town
  • UCT PRIVATE ACADEMIC HOSPITAL (NETCARE), Cape Town

The following companies will be approached to provide ultrasound machines

PHILIPS MEDICAL TECHMED (Toshiba)SSEM (Hitachi / Sonosite)

AXIM MEDICAL (Aloka) GENERAL ELECTRIC