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CME Test Questions: June 2013
CME TEST QUESTIONS: JUNE 2013
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 “Prospective Comparison of Hydrogel-coated Microcoils versus Fibered Platinum Microcoils in the Prophylactic Embolization of the Gastroduodenal Artery before Yttrium-90 Radioembolization” by Maleux et al. 1. Multiple occlusion devices are available to occlude the gastric duodenal artery, and the advantages evaluated in this study include: A. Reduced number of devices and time needed to achieve occlusion. B. Ease and accuracy of achieving occlusion. C. Persistence of occlusion. D. Reduced radiation and contrast exposure to patient. E. All of the above. 2. Devices studied included: A. Hydrogel-coated microcoils that are either detachable or pushable. B. AMPLATZER vascular plug (AGA Medical, Minneapolis, Minnesota). C. Fibered platinum coils measuring greater than 6 cm in length. D. Coils that were constructed with a preformed simple coil design. E. All of the above.
3. The average number of coils required to achieve the occlusion of the gastroduodenal artery was: A. 15 fibered microcoils. B. 2.9 detachable hydrogel microcoils. C. 3 pushable hydrogel microcoils. D. The same number for each of the different microcoils. 4. The use of the different vascular occlusion types of microcoils found that: A. The average contrast volume and radiation dose utilized for these embolization procedures was identical. B. The average amount of procedure time performing the embolizations was identical. C. All techniques and materials obtained satisfactory persistent occlusion of vessels. D. The cost of the different materials used to achieve occlusion was similar. E. All of the above.
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 “Prospective Comparison of Hydrogel-coated Microcoils versus Fibered Platinum Microcoils in the Prophylactic Embolization of the Gastroduodenal Artery before Yttrium-90 Radioembolization” by Maleux et al. 1. Multiple occlusion devices are available to occlude the gastric duodenal artery, and the advantages evaluated in this study include: A. Reduced number of devices and time needed to achieve occlusion. B. Ease and accuracy of achieving occlusion. C. Persistence of occlusion. D. Reduced radiation and contrast exposure to patient. E. All of the above. 2. Devices studied included: A. Hydrogel-coated microcoils that are either detachable or pushable. B. AMPLATZER vascular plug (AGA Medical, Minneapolis, Minnesota). C. Fibered platinum coils measuring greater than 6 cm in length. D. Coils that were constructed with a preformed simple coil design. E. All of the above.
3. The average number of coils required to achieve the occlusion of the gastroduodenal artery was: A. 15 fibered microcoils. B. 2.9 detachable hydrogel microcoils. C. 3 pushable hydrogel microcoils. D. The same number for each of the different microcoils. 4. The use of the different vascular occlusion types of microcoils found that: A. The average contrast volume and radiation dose utilized for these embolization procedures was identical. B. The average amount of procedure time performing the embolizations was identical. C. All techniques and materials obtained satisfactory persistent occlusion of vessels. D. The cost of the different materials used to achieve occlusion was similar. E. All of the above.