Description
CathSAP covers the entire field of interventional cardiology, and is a great resource for:
Perfecting Your Knowledge Of Interventional Cardiology: Use CathSAP to identify your knowledge gaps, reinforce your existing knowledge, and learn new information.
Passing The Boards: Use CathSAP to prepare for the Boards – learn about the ABIM blueprint, simulate taking a Board exam, practice with hundreds of ABIM-style questions that include rationale, references, and links to related text, learn from educational text and lectures, and identify your knowledge gaps so you can plan additional study.
Target Audience
The target audience for CathSAP includes interventional cardiologists and other healthcare professionals with an interest in interventional cardiology.
Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:
- Employ appropriate case selection and patient management strategies selection and patient management
- Apply the latest major clinical trial data for coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention
- Define the indications and appropriate utilization of coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention in the management of cardiovascular disease
- Discuss appropriate techniques for coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention
- Identify the issues of imaging, radiation risks and safety as they relate to coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention techniques
- Cite the current basic information relating to vascular biology, including plaque formation, injury and restenosis
- Demonstrate the appropriate utilization of pharmaceuticals in interventional cardiology, including antiplatelet agents, thrombolytics, anticoagulants, antiarrhythmics and vasoactive drugs
Date of Release
January 2019 and then rolling. Updates will be made every year.
CathSAP Table of Contents
- Case Selection & Management
- Procedural Techniques I: Fundamentals of Cardiac Catheterization
- Procedural Techniques II:
- Coronary Interventional Equipment and Techniques
- Post-Procedural Care
- Complications of Coronary Intervention
- Catheter-Based Management of Noncoronary Disease
- Basic Science
- Anatomy, Anatomic Variants, Anatomic Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Cardiac Imaging & Assessment
- Miscellaneous Topics
