ASNC 2025 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course

The primary objectives of the course are to enable participants to achieve the following:
•    Review concepts of nuclear physics as it applies to cardiovascular imaging physics instrumentation.
•    Explain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) image acquisition, processing, and quality control considerations.
•    Recognize and identify nuclear imaging associated artifacts.
•    Discuss the production and management of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals.
•    Integrate radiation safety standards into professional nuclear cardiology practice.
•    Incorporate patient-centered imaging principles and appropriate use considerations in nuclear cardiology and stress procedure selection.
•    Learn basic stress testing (exercise and pharmacologic) protocols along with their absolute and relative contraindications.
•    Incorporate risk stratification into selection and application of nuclear cardiology studies.
•    Apply nuclear imaging tools in assessment of myocardial viability, cardiac amyloidosis, and ventricular function.
•    Understand the basics of PET imaging for myocardial perfusion and metabolic viability and sarcoidosis assessment.
•    Interpret SPECT and PET perfusion and metabolic images and ventricular function imaging.
•    Utilize myocardial perfusion imaging in the assessment, diagnosis, and response to therapy in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and special populations.
•    Appropriately identify non-cardiac findings on SPECT and PET-CT cardiovascular imaging studies.
•    Integrate nuclear cardiology into the multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular disease.