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Exam Code: ABVM Exam Name: American Board of Vascular Medicine Vascular Medicine Number of Questions: 135 multiple-choice questions Time Allotted: 3 hours Passing Marks: Scaled score of 500 or higher (out of a possible 900; exact raw score thresholds are not publicly disclosed and may vary per exam form to ensure consistency) - Natural History- Epidemiology- and Pathophysiology - Peripheral Arterial Disease (including aneurysm and dissection) - Critical Limb Ischemia - Acute Limb Ischemia - Chronic Arterial Occlusive Disease - Upper Extremity Arterial Disease - Cerebrovascular Disease - Visceral Artery Disease - Renal Artery Disease - Mesenteric Artery Disease - Aortic Disease - Venous Disease - Venous Thromboembolic Disease (acute or chronic) - Chronic Venous Disease - Visceral Venous Disease - Thrombophilia and Coagulopathy - Leg Ulcers: Venous- Arterial- and Atypical - Presentation and Diagnosis: History- Examination- Testing- and Differential - Peripheral Arterial Disease (including aneurysm and dissection) - Critical Limb Ischemia - Acute Limb Ischemia - Chronic Arterial Occlusive Disease - Upper Extremity Arterial Disease - Cerebrovascular Disease - Visceral Artery Disease - Renal Artery Disease - Mesenteric Artery Disease - Aortic Disease - Venous Disease - Venous Thromboembolic Disease (acute or chronic) - Chronic Venous Disease - Visceral Venous Disease - Thrombophilia and Coagulopathy - Leg Ulcers: Venous- Arterial- and Atypical - Treatment: Medical- Interventional- and Surgical - Peripheral Arterial Disease (including aneurysm and dissection) - Critical Limb Ischemia - Acute Limb Ischemia - Chronic Arterial Occlusive Disease - Upper Extremity Arterial Disease - Cerebrovascular Disease - Visceral Artery Disease - Renal Artery Disease - Mesenteric Artery Disease - Aortic Disease - Venous Disease - Venous Thromboembolic Disease (acute or chronic) - Chronic Venous Disease - Visceral Venous Disease - Thrombophilia and Coagulopathy - Leg Ulcers: Venous- Arterial- and Atypical - Prognosis- Outcomes- and Surveillance - Peripheral Arterial Disease (including aneurysm and dissection) - Critical Limb Ischemia - Acute Limb Ischemia - Chronic Arterial Occlusive Disease - Upper Extremity Arterial Disease - Cerebrovascular Disease - Visceral Artery Disease - Renal Artery Disease - Mesenteric Artery Disease - Aortic Disease - Venous Disease - Venous Thromboembolic Disease (acute or chronic) - Chronic Venous Disease - Visceral Venous Disease - Thrombophilia and Coagulopathy - Leg Ulcers: Venous- Arterial- and Atypical - Vascular Biology- Risk Factors- and Prevention - Arterial and Venous Structure and Function - Vascular Molecular Biology - Dyslipidemia - Hypertension - Diabetes/ Metabolic Syndrome - Smoking - Alternative Risk Factors(homocysteine- Lipoprotein (a)- CRP) - Congenital Vascular Anomalies - Vasospastic and Thermal Disease - Vasculitis and Connective Tissue Diseases - TAO/AED Vessel - Lymphatic Diseases - Neurovascular Compression Syndrome - Vascular Laboratory and Procedural Management - Arterial Physiology Testing - Venous Physiologic Testing - Arterial Duplex - Venous Duplex - Transcranial Doppler - Doppler Physics and Instrumentation - Peri-procedural Evaluation - Peri-procedural Management - Post-procedural Care and Surveillance