ASNC 2022 (American Society of Nuclear Cardiology) Meeting OnDemand.

Overview

Experience the premier educational content from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s ASNC 2022 Meeting with the comprehensive OnDemand course. Access more than 48 expertly curated sessions anytime, anywhere, and on any device, allowing you to stay at the forefront of nuclear cardiology advances and clinical best practices. Learn from leading authorities in the field as you explore innovative cardiac imaging techniques, practical applications, and transformative insights designed to modernize your nuclear lab and improve patient care. This OnDemand format offers flexibility to earn CME credits on your own schedule, embodying our brand promise of “World-Class Medical Learning — Accessible anytime, anywhere.”

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the ASNC 2022 Meeting OnDemand course, you will be able to:

• Apply current evidence and guidelines for the appropriate use of nuclear cardiac imaging techniques.
• Integrate advanced technologies, tracers, and artificial intelligence into clinical nuclear cardiology practice.
• Recognize and address equity and social determinants in cardiovascular disease assessment.
• Assess and optimize protocols for myocardial viability, chest pain evaluation, and cardiac amyloidosis imaging.
• Interpret complex case studies and multimodality imaging findings across diverse patient presentations.
• Implement quality metrics and patient-centric strategies in your nuclear cardiology laboratory.
• Prepare for board certification and recertification with focused, case-based reviews.

Topics

• Abstracts
• Young Investigator Competition
  • Comparative Effectiveness of PET and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Predicting Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Renal Transplant
  • Integration of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring from CT Attenuation Scans by Machine Learning Improves Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients Undergoing SPECT/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
  • Noninvasive Assessment of the Pathophysiological Mechanisms of INOCA with CZT-SPECT
  • Parametric Imaging of Myocardial Blood Flow with Rb-82 PET
  • Failed Dietary Preparation in Cardiac PET Inflammation Studies: The Role of Beta-hydroxybutyrate
  • Automated Nonlinear Registration of Coronary PET to CT Angiography Using Pseudo-CT Generated from PET with Generative Adversarial Networks
• Advanced: Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Imaging
  • Machine Learning for SPECT, PET, and Hybrid Imaging
  • Equity and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Cardiac Imaging Task-Based Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence
  • Based Medical Imaging Methods in Nuclear Cardiology
  • Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac CT, CMR, and Echocardiography
  • Discussion
• Advanced: New Tracers and Approaches in Imaging Cardiovascular Disease
  • Novel PET Tracers for Myocardial Perfusion
  • Novel Tracers for Heart Failure Imaging
  • New Approaches to Imaging Fibrosis and Myocardial Remodeling
  • Novel Approaches for Peripheral Vascular Disease Imaging
  • Discussion
• Advanced: New Technologies in SPECT and PET and Potential Cardiovascular Applications
  • 360° 3D CZT SPECT
  • Exploring Total-body P ET
  • Digital PET
  • PET/MR
  • Discussion
• Cases with the Aces
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Rush University Medical Center Cases
  • Cook County Health Cases
  • Houston Methodist DeBakey Cases
  • University of Michigan Cases
  • Yale University Cases
  • Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cases
  • MidAmerica Heart Institute Cases
  • Cedars Sinai Medical Center Cases
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cases
  • Ottawa Heart Institute Cases
  • University of Rochester Medical Center Cases
• Multimodality Imaging: Multimodality Imaging in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  • Case Presentation: Reverse Perfusion Pattern in Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy True Ischemia Versus Artifact
  • Case Presentation: Unusual Pulmonary Findings on a Cardiac PET-CT Scan
• Multimodality Imaging: What’s That Burning Bright? – Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Device Infection
  • Case Presentation: LVAD Infection With Outflow Cannula Dehiscence And Pseudoaneurysm Formation
  • Case Presentation: BIUX2X2
• Multimodality Imaging: Multimodality Screening For Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Where Are We In 2022?
  • Case Presentation: Role of 13N-NH3 Cardiac PET in a Heart Transplant Recipient Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery (Case from the Community)
• Patient First Imaging: Key Concepts of SPECT MPI – Optimizing Your Nuclear Lab for Patient First Imaging
  • Case Presentation: Determining Risk in a Case of Stable Coronary Artery Disease
  • Optimizing Your SPECT MPI Imaging Protocol to Achieve the Best Quality Study and Improve Accuracy
  • Appropriate Use Criteria for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Where are We in 2022?
  • Radiation Reduction Strategies for SPECT MPI Imaging- How Low Should We Go?
  • Discussion
• Patient First Imaging: Patient Focused Assessment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis- From the Office Visit to the Image and Beyond
  • Video of Interview Between Patient in the Office and the Physician Reviewing Patient Preparation and Dietary Instructions Prior to Cardiac PET for Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
  • Importance of Appropriate Patient Preparation Prior to Cardiac PET in Patients Suspected to have Cardiac Sarcoidosis
  • Determining the Appropriate Imaging Strategy in Diagnosing and Managing Cardiac Sarcoidosis: When is Cardiac PET Appropriate Relative to Cardiac MRI?
  • How to Accurately Interpret and Report Cardiac PET for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
  • Review of Initial Patient Video: Interpretation and Reporting of Cardiac PET Case
  • Discussion
• Patient First Imaging: Nuclear Cardiology in the Patient Focused Assessment of Acute Chest Pain
  • Video of Interview Between Underrepresented Ethnic Patient and Physician in the Emergency Department
  • Assessment of Acute Chest Pain Patient with an Established History of CAD
  • Assessment of Acute Chest Pain Patient with No History of CAD
  • The Role of Nuclear Cardiology in the Age of High Sensitivity Troponin
  • Review of Initial Patient Video Presented, Decision Made and the Outcome
  • Discussion
• Patient First Imaging: Nuclear Cardiology in the Patient Focused Assessment of Stable Chest Pain
  • Video of Interview Between a Patient from an Underrepresented Population and Physician in Office Setting
  • Assessment of Stable Chest Pain Patient with No History of CAD
  • Assessment of Stable Chest Pain Patient with an Established History of CAD
  • Assessment of Stable Chest Pain in a Female Patient with Suspected INOCA
  • Review of Initial Patient Video Presented, Decision Made and the Outcome
  • Discussion
• PET: Hiding in Plain Sight: PET Evidence in the Chest Pain Guidelines
  • Overview of Cardiac PET in the Chest Pain Guidelines: Opportunities to Show Off the Evidence
  • Evidence for Accuracy of Cardiac PET and its Use in Determining Prognosis
  • Evidence for Using the Unique Features of Cardiac PET: Beyond Relative Perfusion
  • Filling in the Evidence Gaps: What Clinical Trials are Needed for Cardiac PET?
  • Panel Discussion
• PET: Radionuclide Imaging of Infective Endocarditis in 2022
  • F-18 FDG PET/CT: A New Tool to Image Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis
  • F-18 FDG PET/CT: A New Tool to Image CIED/LVAD Infective Endocarditis
  • Complementary Role of WBC SPECT Scan in Suspected Endocarditis
  • Discussion of ASNC Diagnostic Criteria and Management Recommendations
  • FDG-PET for Confirming Suspected Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.
  • Panel Discussion
• PET: Know Your Flow: Understanding Myocardial Blood Flow
  • From Cart to Myocardium: Understanding Tracer Characteristics and Principles of Blood Flow Measurement
  • What do I do with Curves and Numbers: Recognizing Artifacts and Troubleshooting
  • What do I do with these Curves and Numbers: A Case-by-Case Approach to Incorporating Blood Flow in Routine Clinical Practice
  • Discussion
• Plenary: Verani Lecture and Presidents’ Address
  • ASNC/JNC Award Presentations
  • ASNC2022 Program Chair Welcome
  • ASNC2022 President’s Address
  • President-elect’s Address
  • Potential Late Breaking Clinical Trial
  • Verani Lecture: Molecular Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Unraveling Pathophysiology to Transforming Patient Care
• Plenary: Wanted Alive, not Dead: Assessment of Myocardial Viability
  • Case presentation: Patient With LV Dysfunction and CTO
  • What Do I Need to Know Before I Open a CTO: Noninvasive Imaging Prior to PCI
  • Necessary but Not Sufficient: Echocardiography Before Revascularization
  • MRI Needed or Niche?
  • PET/MRI: Quo Vadis?
  • Discussion and Debate: What Was Really Done for this Patient
• Plenary: Chest Pain: Choices, Choices….When Anatomy is not Destiny!
  • Case presentation: 63-year-old Female Patient with New Onset Chest Discomfort in the Emergency Department
  • Initial Assessment in the Emergency Department: ECG and Enzymes, Is that all?
  • Echocardiography: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Swiss Army Knife
  • CT: How Far can Anatomy Take Us?
  • Cardiac MRI: the Elegant Technique, Does it Fit in the Emergency Department?
  • MPI: New Lessons from an Established Modality
  • Advantages of Deferred Testing in Selected Populations
  • Discussion and Debate: What was Really Done for this Patient?
• Plenary: Amyloid Heart Disease: An Evolution in Disease Understanding and Treatment
  • Case presentation: 58-year-old Male with Atrial Fibrillation but Gene Positive for ATTR
  • Work up and Evaluation
  • Imaging for Monitoring
  • Role of SPECT and PET for Quantification Beyond HCL
  • Electrophysiological Manifestation of Disease
  • New Tracers, How Close are we in PET?
  • Discussion and Debate: What was Really Done for this Patient?
• Special: Nuclear Cardiology Foundations and Application: A Case-Based Morning with the Board Prep Faculty
  • Introduction
  • Amyloidosis Cases with the Expert
  • Case-based Application of Nuclear Cardiology Foundations: Part 1
  • Case-based Application of Nuclear Cardiology Foundations: Part 2
  • 2022 Chest Pain Guidelines & Patient-Centered Imaging: A Deep Dive
  • Recertification Pilot Case | Inteleos CBNC
• Special: Technological Advances and Innovation in Nuclear Cardiology: Disease Focused Integrated Imaging
• Special: Hybrid Imaging Symposium: Part 1 (pre-recorded)
  • Why Hybrid Imaging?
  • Technical Considerations for Hybrid Imaging
  • How to Transition from Dedicated Imaging to Hybrid Imaging: Training Considerations
  • Incidental CT Findings You Should Recognize
  • Discussion
• Special: Hybrid Imaging Symposium: Part 2
• Special: Advancing Health Equity
• Special: Quality Metrics
  • Quality Metrics for SPECT MPI
  • Appropriate Use Criteria Axis
  • Consent and Patient Experience Axis
  • Instrumentation Axis
  • Processing Axis
  • Protocols Axis
  • Radiation Axis
  • Interpretation Axis
  • Reporting Axis
  • Discussion and Q&A
• Special: Jeopardy
  • Team 1: ASNC Past Presidents
  • Team 2: ASNC Board of Directors
  • Team 3: ASNC2022 Program Committee
• Special: All About Flow Symposium
  • Case Presentation: Go with the flow
  • Coronary Physiology and MBF/MFR Relationships
  • PET MBF as the Gold Standard
  • SPECT MBF as ‘Good Enough
  • Selection of Patients for MBF
  • Discussion
• Special: Women, Heart Disease, and Imaging: A Case-based Session
  • Contemporary Approaches to Nuclear Imaging in Women
  • Complementary Role of Coronary Anatomy
  • Quantification of Blood Flow and Flow Reserve by PET and MRI
  • Clinical Cases
  • Panel Discussion
• Technology & Techniques: Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • How to Perform Cardiac Amyloidosis Studies with Bone Tracers
  • New Cardiac Amyloidosis Radiotracers
  • Perils and Pitfalls in Amyloidosis Imaging
  • Discussion
• Technology & Techniques
  • How to Perform Myocardial Sarcoidosis PET/CT studies
  • Perils and Pitfalls of Sarcoidosis Imaging
  • Quantitative and qualitative image analysis and Case Reviews
• Technology & Techniques: Hybrid Imaging (Live-virtual only)
  • CT Technology and Techniques
  • Attenuation Correction, Fusion, and Localization
  • Calcium Scoring
  • Perils and Pitfalls of Hybrid Imaging
• Technology & Techniques: Refresher on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Live-virtual only)
  • Tc99m SPECT and SPECT-CT MPI Protocols
  • Rb82 PET and PET-CT MPI Protocols
  • How to Achieve Quality in MPI Studies
  • Clinical Case Reviews
• Technology & Techniques: Advances in Nuclear Medicine Cardiology (live-virtual only)
  • Myocardial Perfusion PET With 18F-labeled Tracers
  • Myocardial Blood Flow PET and SPECT
  • Discussion
• Technology & Techniques: Refresher on Infrequently Performed Studies (Live-virtual only)
  • Cardiac Infection Imaging
  • Myocardial Viability Imaging
  • Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiogram
  • Cardiovascular Right-to-Left Shunting Imaging

Target Audience

This course is developed for healthcare professionals interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in nuclear cardiology and cardiac imaging, including:

• Cardiologists
• Nuclear medicine physicians
• Radiologists
• Cardiology and nuclear cardiology fellows
• Technologists and imaging specialists
• Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in cardiovascular care
• Medical researchers in cardiovascular imaging
• Healthcare professionals preparing for board certification or recertification in nuclear cardiology

Speakers

Lead Faculty (Nuclear Cardiology): Expert educators and clinicians delivering instruction on state-of-the-art nuclear cardiology practices, methodologies, and innovations.

Panel of Expert Faculty: Diverse contributors specializing in cardiac PET, SPECT, multimodality imaging, artificial intelligence, quality metrics, and health equity, sharing practical insights through lectures, case studies, and discussions.

Guest Presenters: Invited professionals providing unique perspectives on technology, case-based learning, patient-focused strategies, and the future of nuclear cardiology.

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