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CME Test Questions: July 2017
CME TEST QUESTIONS: JULY 2017
Examination available at http://learn.sirweb.org/. To take the online JVIR CME tests, please log into the SIR Learning Center with your SIR user name and password. Nonmembers: If you do not already have an SIR username and password, please click on “Create an Account” to gain access to the SIR Learning Center. Once in the Learning Center, click on the “Publication” activity type for a listing of all available JVIR CME tests. Each test will be available online for 3 years from the month/date of publication. The CME questions in this issue are derived from the article “Endovascular Iliocaval Stent Reconstruction for Inferior Vena Cava Filter–Associated Iliocaval Thrombosis: Approach, Technical Success, Safety, and Two-Year Outcomes in 120 Patients” by Chick et al. In this article the authors describe the technical success, outcomes, and patency of iliocaval stent reconstruction for iliocaval thrombosis following IVC filter placement. 1. True or False: In this study, the authors reported that shortness of breath associated with pulmonary embolism was the commonest symptomatic presentation of ileocaval thrombosis. a. True b. False 2. In what percentage of the patients were the authors successful in retrieving the filter and/or its fragments? a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100% 3. In this study, what percentage of patients met the definition of clinical success at 6 months? a. 25% b. 50-75%
c. 75-90% d. >90% 4. In this study, what was the primary-assisted patency for the iliocaval stents? a. 25% b. 50–75% c. 75–99% d. 100% 5. In this study, what was the rate of major complications, including lytic-related bleeding? a. None b. 1–2% c. 5% d. 10%
Examination available at http://learn.sirweb.org/. To take the online JVIR CME tests, please log into the SIR Learning Center with your SIR user name and password. Nonmembers: If you do not already have an SIR username and password, please click on “Create an Account” to gain access to the SIR Learning Center. Once in the Learning Center, click on the “Publication” activity type for a listing of all available JVIR CME tests. Each test will be available online for 3 years from the month/date of publication. The CME questions in this issue are derived from the article “Endovascular Iliocaval Stent Reconstruction for Inferior Vena Cava Filter–Associated Iliocaval Thrombosis: Approach, Technical Success, Safety, and Two-Year Outcomes in 120 Patients” by Chick et al. In this article the authors describe the technical success, outcomes, and patency of iliocaval stent reconstruction for iliocaval thrombosis following IVC filter placement. 1. True or False: In this study, the authors reported that shortness of breath associated with pulmonary embolism was the commonest symptomatic presentation of ileocaval thrombosis. a. True b. False 2. In what percentage of the patients were the authors successful in retrieving the filter and/or its fragments? a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100% 3. In this study, what percentage of patients met the definition of clinical success at 6 months? a. 25% b. 50-75%
c. 75-90% d. >90% 4. In this study, what was the primary-assisted patency for the iliocaval stents? a. 25% b. 50–75% c. 75–99% d. 100% 5. In this study, what was the rate of major complications, including lytic-related bleeding? a. None b. 1–2% c. 5% d. 10%