IAC On Demand Webcasts

Vascular Testing
& Vein Center

Tracing the Source of Venous Reflux (May 2018)
Presented by Sara Skjonsberg, BS, RVT, RPhS, this webcast is designed to teach participants: Why we should find the source of a varicose vein; how to recognize patterns and think on your feet as you follow veins back to their source; how to confirm that your hypothesis is correct and what to do when you can't find the source; reporting terminology and "vein language.” Watch»

Compounded Sclerosants: What I Need To Know for a Responsible Decision (January 2018)
Presented by Nick Morrison, MD, FACS, FACPh, this webcast is designed to teach participants to: make an informed decision regarding the legal ramifications of the use of compounded sclerosant agents; recognize the difference between FDA-approved manufactured sclerosants and non-FDA-approved compounded sclerosant agents; identify risks to patients and providers of the use of compounded sclerosants. Watch»

What the IAC Does for You (August 2017)
Presented by Marge Hutchisson, RVT, RDCS, RPhS, Director of Accreditation - IAC Vascular Testing, this webcasts is a brief summary of what IAC accreditation can do for your facility. Watch»

IAC Vascular Testing: Reaccreditation Simplified (updated April 2018)
Presented by Marge Hutchisson, RVT, RDCS, RPhS, Director of Accreditation - IAC Vascular Testing, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC Vascular Testing accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for reaccreditation. Watch»

IAC Vein Center: Accreditation Simplified (updated August 2018) 
Presented by Laura Humphries, RVT, RPhS, Senior Clinical Specialist - IAC Vascular Testing/Vein Center, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC Vein Center accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for accreditation. Watch»

Echocardiography

Pediatric Echo Quantification: To Z or Not To Z
(March 2018) 
Presented by Leo Lopez, MD, FASE, FACC, FAAP, this webcast is designed to to teach participants to: recognize the need to adjust cardiovascular measurements for body size in the pediatric population; understand the process for developing normal reference ranges for the cardiovascular measurements in children; know the challenges with pediatric echo quantification. Watch»

IAC, ASE and SDMS Present: Building Blocks of Strain Imaging (November 2017)
Presented by Juan Carlos Plana, MD and Pamela Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, this webcast is designed to: demonstrate the use of myocardial strain imaging for early detection and follow-up of patients receiving potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy; demonstrate how to properly utilize strain imaging to provide accurate results; recognize common pitfalls associated with strain imaging and illustrate with case examples how they alter your results; describe how to interpret strain.
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IAC and Quality Improvement in the Hospital-Based Echo Lab (September 2017)
Hear two echo clinicians from varying hospital settings share thoughts on the value they find in IAC Echocardiography’s realistic and achievable standards and how the accreditation process can help your hospital-based echo lab: reduce variability; ensure that key quality improvement measures are integrated; and deliver the consistently high quality echocardiography services that patients deserve. Presented by John Dent, MD, MS, MHCM – President of IAC Echocardiography and Medical Director of Echocardiography and Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia and Michael J. Malkowski, MD, FACC, Medical Director of the Echocardiography Lab at Heritage Valley Health System in Pittsburgh, PA. Watch»

IAC, ASE & SDMS Present: Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function
(September 2017)
Presented by Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE, this webcast is designed to: discuss technical tips for echo assessment of diastolic function; discuss diastolic function assessment as detailed in the 2016 ASE Diastolic Function Guidelines. Watch»

IAC, ASE, SDMS & ICUS Present: Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (March 2017)
Presented by Steven B. Feinstein, MD, Michael Main, MD and Thomas R. Porter, MD, experts in the field of contrast enhanced ultrasound, this webcast is designed to: educate participants on the clinical diagnostic applications of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound; educate participants on the clinical and research therapeutic applications of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound; and discuss the clinical safety of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound, including recent product labeling changes. Watch»

IAC Echocardiography: Reaccreditation Simplified(updated August 2018)
Presented by Beverly L. Gorman, RDCS, Director of Accreditation - IAC Echocardiography, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC Echocardiography accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for reaccreditation. Watch»

Nuclear/PET

IAC Nuclear/PET: Reaccreditation Simplified 
(updated September 2018) 
Presented by Maria Costello, BS, CNMT, NCT, Director of Accreditation - IAC Nuclear/PET, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC Nuclear/PET accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for reaccreditation. Watch»

Stress Selection: Exercise is Key but Sometimes You Need a Pharmacologic Boost (July 2018)
Presented by Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, this webcast is designed to illustrate the importance of exercise stress through clinical scenarios, summarize the effects of inadequate stress on identification of the presence and extent of obstructive coronary artery disease, compare/contrast the protocols, safety and patient tolerability of combined exercise-pharmacologic stress with exercise alone. Watch»

Symptom-Limited Exercise Stress Testing: Why and How - A Joint Presentation of IAC / SNMMI / ASNC (May 2017)
Presented by Mylan Cohen, MD, MPH, this webcast will teach participants to: understand why symptom-limited exercise stress testing is performed; understand what symptom-limited exercise means; understand how to perform symptom-limited exercise testing; know when to switch from exercise to pharmacologic stress and when to abandon testing altogether; understand the content of a typical stress test report; and know which ECGs the IAC requires to be recorded and submitted and why. Watch»

MRI

Assessing the Mechanism of MR by Echocardiography (April 2018)
Presented by Paul Grayburn, MD, FACC, this webcast is is designed to teach participants to: understand and recognize the differences between primary and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR); understand and identify Carpentier classification of leaflet motion; and learn how the mechanism of MR predicts appropriate treatment strategies. Watch»

IAC MRI: Accreditation Simplified (updated April 2018) 
Presented by Corey Mabry, RT(R)(MR), Director of Accreditation - IAC MRI / CT, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC MRI accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for reaccreditation. Watch»

Understanding MRI Equipment Quality Control
(October 2017)
Presented by David Jordan, PhD, Senior Medical Physicist at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, this webcast covers the performance of equipment Quality Control testing, the production of the equipment Quality Control phantom images, and how to improve equipment Quality Control testing at the facility. Watch»

CT

IAC CT: Accreditation Simplified (updated April 2018) 
Presented by Nancy Merrill, BS, RT (R)(M)(CT), Director of Accreditation - IAC CT / MRI, this webcast offers an overview of the IAC CT accreditation process and provides information for facilities applying for reaccreditation. Watch»

Cardiac Electrophysiology

IAC Cardiac Electrophysiology: Accreditation Simplified (Updated May 2018)
Presented by Frank Vermeiren, M.S., RT (R)(CV), RDCS, Director of Accreditation - IAC Cardiac Electrophysiology, this webcast provides an overview of the IAC Cardiac Electrophysiology accreditation process. Watch»

Cardiovascular Catheterization

IAC Cardiovascular Catheterization: Accreditation Simplified (June 2018)
Presented by Frank Vermeiren, M.S., RT (R)(CV), RDCS, Director of Accreditation - IAC Cardiovascular Catheterization, this webcast provides an overview of the IAC Cardiovascular Catheterization accreditation process. Watch»