Online Nuclear Cardiology Training Curriculum: Open Access
This training curriculum is a collection of resources that includes educational content and supplemental materials curated from ASNC's, The Basics of Nuclear Cardiology program.
Focused Curriculum for New Fellows & Residents-in-Training
These resources include everything needed for starting a nuclear cardiology rotation:
- Basics of Exercise Stress Testing
- Pharmacologic Stress Test—Regadenoson
- Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)
- Standardized Myocardial Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart
- Reporting of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Studies
- Evaluating Appropriateness for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- Stress Testing: ECG Interpretation and Stress Lab Emergencies - Watch video
Broad Curriculum for Advanced Fellows & Residents-in-Training
From nuclear cardiology basics to new applications – delivered in a range of formats including:
- ASNC Nuclear Cardiology Virtual Elective – 10 two-hour sessions featuring ASNC leaders delivering a 30-minute didactic lecture followed by 90 minutes of hands-on case interpretation of SPECT/PET/novel SPECT cases
- ASNC Virtual CV Molecular Imaging Seminars – 9 one-hour briefings by leading investigators on breakthrough research applications of cardiovascular molecular imaging
Topics
- SPECT Acquisition, Processing and Artifacts
- Stress Testing, Tracers and Protocols
- Risk Stratification and Prognosis
- Appropriate Use Criteria
- Patient-Centered Imaging
- Cardiac PET
- Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Imaging
Disease-Based Imaging
Supplemental Materials
- The Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) Classic Articles
- ASNC Scientific Sessions
- Additional Imaging Clinical Guidelines and Position Statements