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Lecture Hall Vascular Therapy | General

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and Noninvasive Vascular Tests

Available Credits
CPME 1

Kazu Suzuki
Kazu Suzuki, DPM, CWS
Medical Director, Department of Surgery
Tower Wound Care Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
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Dr Suzuki discusses peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and noninvasive vascular testing. He begins with a brief review of PAD, presents five different noninvasive vascular tests, emphasizing the superior diagnostic effectiveness of combined skin perfusion pressures and pulse volume recording testing. He presents a clinically useful application of the angiosome concept with illustrative case reports

 Goal and Objective
After participating in this activity, the viewer should be better able to:
1. Understand the significance of PAD in the United States.
2. Apply MACRO- and MICRO- circulatory noninvasive vascular testing in suspected patients.
3. Utilize the angiosome concept to predict arteries involved in ischemic wounds.
4. Appropriately refer ischemic wounds for revascularization.

Estimated time to complete this activity is 57 minutes.

Physicians, diabetes educators, and other health care professionals who treat patients with diabetes.
Accreditation and Designation of Credit
PODIATRY: The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine(OCPM) is an approved sponsor of Continuing Podiatric Medical Education through the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME).

The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine credits this activity for 1 credit hour.

Release Date: 02/14/2008 Expiration Date: 12/30/2012
Peer Review: on 02/14/2008

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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and Noninvasive Vascular Tests
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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and Noninvasive Vascular Tests
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It is the policy of PRESENT e-Learning Systems and it's accreditors to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational programs. All faculty participating in any PRESENT e-Learning Systems sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts.
Kazu Suzuki, DPM, CWS has disclosed the he consultants for Vasamed, Sechrist, and Diversified Clinical Services. He accepts honoria from KCI.