Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: From the Nuts and Bolts to the Recent Advances
Can you envision your nuclear cardiology laboratory in 2050?
All that glitters is not TTR amyloid. Can you list 3 instances in which the PYP scan may be positive in the absence of TTR amyloid?
Do you know how to diagnose microvascular disease in women?
Do you know how to set up a cardiac sarcoid imaging program? Or perhaps a PET program?
Find answers to these questions, and many more! Designed to meet the needs of professionals who perform or request nuclear cardiology studies, this program awards more than 15 hours of nuclear cardiology CME—all the credit you need to meet your laboratory's ICANL accreditation requirements.
Thirty-eight presentations and dozens of self-assessment questions from 33 world-renowned nuclear cardiology faculty will help you stay at the top of your nuclear cardiology game. Order today!
Editors
Niti R. Aggarwal, MD, FACC, Editor
Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, FACC, Co-Editor
Table of Contents
- The Big Picture of Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
- The Future of Nuclear Cardiology
- Nuts and Bolts in the Nuclear Laboratory
- Cameras, Software, and Protocols
- Optimizing the Use of Nuclear Cardiology
- Cardiac Amyloidosis
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Role of Cardiac Imaging in Women
- Cardiac Imaging in Special Populations
- Microvascular Disease
- Nuts and Bolts of PET Imaging
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Learner Objectives
Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Outline the key features to optimize nuclear cardiology laboratory equipment and protocols in 2021 and beyond.
- Illustrate the main components of building programs for sarcoid, amyloid, and PET imaging.
- Recognize the unique features of cardiac imaging in women and special populations.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for cardiologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, physician assistants, cardiac imaging technologists, and other health care professionals seeking education to maintain their licenses.
Accreditation
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF). ACCF is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Physicians
The ACCF designates this enduring material for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Important Dates
Date of Release: March 1, 2022
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC Expiration: March 1, 2025
The Big Picture of Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
- Introduction
Chairs - Nuclear Cardiology in the Era of Value-based Imaging and Patient First imaging
Randall C. Thompson, MD, FACC - The Business of Nuclear Cardiology as Viewed from a Healthcare System Perspective
Cathleen Biga, MSN, RN, FACC - Top Ten Nuclear Imaging Papers of 2021
Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FACC
The Future of Nuclear Cardiology
- Fast Forward into Future- State of the Nuclear Lab in 2050
Marc Dweck, MB ChB, PhD, FACC - Man vs Machine. Artificial intelligence in realm of Nuclear Cardiology
Piotr Slomka, PhD, FACC - Potential Targets for Molecular Cardiac Imaging
Albert J. Sinusas, MD, FACC
Nuts and Bolts in the Nuclear Laboratory
- Integrating Visual and Quantitative Analyses: Improving Your Scan Interpretation Case Illustrations
Sean W. Hayes, MD - The Nuclear Cardiology Consultation: Beyond Standard Interpretation and Reporting
Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC
Cameras, Software, and Protocols
- Artifacts on PET MPI: How to Recognize and Deal with Them
James A Case, PhD - Inadequate SPECT Images and Artifacts: How to Anticipate, Recognize, and Deal with Them
Ernest Gordon DePuey, MD - New SPECT Cameras and Approaches to Reconstruction Protocols for Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
Piotr Slomka, PhD, FACC - Pharmacologic Stress: Combined with Exercise or Alone — What You Need to Know
Sean W. Hayes, MD - Quantitative Tools for Perfusion and Flow Analysis
Robert deKemp, PhD
Optimizing the Use of Nuclear Cardiology
- Challenges for SPECT and PET in 2022: Reducing Radiation and Increasing Efficiency in SPECT and PET
Timothy M. Bateman, MD, FACC - Don't Miss It: Non-cardiac Findings on Cardiac CT Studies (6 cases)
John Jeffrey Carr, MD, MS - Myocardial Viability: Assessment with SPECT, PET and MRI
Jamshid Maddahi, MD, FACC - Myocardial Viability: Classic Cases (8 cases)
Jamshid Maddahi, MD, FACC - The Changing Nature of CAD in the 21st Century: How Is It Affecting Cardiac Imaging Paradigms?
Karthik Ananthasubramaniam, MBBS, FACC - The Normal Stress-MPI Scan: How Can It Change Management?
Alan Rozanski, MD - When to Add CAC Scanning to SPECT/PET MPI
Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC
Cardiac Amyloidosis
- Clinical cases and challenging cases in Cardiac Amyloidosis
Selma F Mohammed, MBBS, FACC - Nuts and Bolts of starting and building an Amyloidosis Program- what do you need to know?
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, FACC - PYP Imaging for Diagnosing Cardiac Amyloidosis
Omar Farid Abou-Ezzeddine, MD, CM, MS, FACC - Role of cardiac imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Where are we today?
Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS, FACC
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac imaging in Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC - Clinical Cases in Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, FACC - Nuts and bolts of starting and building a Cardiac Sarcoidosis Program
Amit R. Patel, MD, FACC
Role of Cardiac Imaging in Women
- Determining Funtional vs. Anatomic testing in Women with Ischemic Heart Disease
Renee Bullock-Palmer, MBBS, FACC - Role of Nuclear Cardiac Imaging in Women
Niti R. Aggarwal, MD, FACC
Cardiac Imaging in Special Populations
- Assessment of Ischemic Heart Disease in special populations- ESRD and DM patients
Nishant R. Shah, MD, FACC - Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Assessment in the Elderly-What's the best approach?
Brian G. Abbott, MD, FACC
Microvascular Disease
- Importance of Microvascular Disease and Assessment -- in Chest Pain and Heart Failure
Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, FACC - Myocardial Blood Flow and Myocardial Flow Reserve with PET and SPECT: How to Perform, Interpret and Report
Timothy M. Bateman, MD, FACC
Nuts and Bolts of PET Imaging
- The Business Aspects of Setting up a PET Program
Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, FACC - The Key Aspects of PET Interpretation and Reporting
Rupa Sanghani, MD, FACC - Use of PET imaging to assess Cardiac Device Infections - What are the Indications and How to Interpret the Study
Benjamin J. W. Chow, MD, FACC
