Nuclear Cardiology NOW Agenda

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View the three-day Nuclear Cardiology NOW virtual meeting agenda and see the list of faculty who led the program.
 
Monday, March 7                                                                                               


Now available OnDemand: Bracco Diagnostics Preview Webinar: "Precision Perfusion Imaging in 2022 - From Flow Reserve to Flow Capacity", presented by Michael E. Merhige, MD, FASNC. 

This is an industry-sponsored non-CME session not planned by the NC NOW program.

Friday, March 11                                                                                               
 
INTENSIVE 1:
Multimodality Imaging in Patients with Chronic Chest Pain
Moderators: Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC
(U.S. Eastern Standard Time)
6:00 PM Welcome and Pre-meeting Questions Dennis Calnon, MD
6:10 PM Chest Pain Guidelines: What They Say and Don’t Say Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
6:30 PM Prospective versus Real World Studies: How Do They
Impact Decision Making
David Wolinsky, MD
6:50 PM Clinical Cases 1: Choosing the Right Test Dennis Calnon, MD
Panelists: Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD; Ron Blankstein, MD; Randall Thompson, MD; David Wolinsky, MD
7:15 PM Break  
7:30 PM Clinical Cases 2: Choosing the Right Test Dennis Calnon, MD
Panelists: Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD; Ron Blankstein, MD; Randall Thompson, MD; David Wolinsky, MD
8:30 PM Final Comments and Adjourn Dennis Calnon, MD

Saturday, March 12                                                                                          
 
INTENSIVE 2:
This intensive is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer.
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Best Practices to Optimize Patient Care and Your Practice
Moderator: David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC
(U.S. Eastern Standard Time)
8:55 AM Welcome and Pre-meeting Questions David Wolinsky, MD
9:00 AM Suspecting Cardiac Amyloidosis and Laboratory Testing Mathew S. Maurer, MD
9:15 AM Integrated Role of Multimodality Imaging Paul Cremer, MD
9:30 AM Acquisition, Interpretation and Reporting
Tc-99m PYP Studies
Edward Miller, MD, PhD
9:45 AM Educating Your Referring Physicians and New Tools to
Help Set-up or Expand Your Practice
Saurabh Malhotra, MD
10:00 AM Questions about Starting a CA Practice Saurabh Malhotra, MD; 
David Wolinsky, MD;
and Denise Brown
10:30 AM Break  
11:00 AM Challenging Cases David Wolinsky, MD
Panelists: Denise Brown; Dennis Calnon, MD; Paul Cremer, MD; Saurabh Malhotra, MD
12:00 PM Break
 
INTENSIVE 3:
SPECT Imaging: Maximizing Laboratory Efficiency
Moderators: Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC
(U.S. Eastern Standard Time)
1:00 PM Stress First Imaging—Solutions to Make it Happen Lane Duvall, MD
1:15 PM Solid State SPECT Imaging: Why is it a Valuable Upgrade?  
1:30 PM Calcium Scoring: Why Is It Important NOW? Randall Thompson, MD
1:45 PM Structured Reporting: How to Take Your Report From
Good to Great
Panithaya
Chareonthaitawee, MD
2:00 PM Making the Case With Your Administrator That You
Need Upgraded or New Equipment
Denise Brown
2:15 PM Q&A Faculty
2:30 PM Break  
3:00 PM Clinical SPECT Cases: Best Practices—The Case for
Stress First Imaging
 Lane Duvall, MD
Panelists: Denise Brown; Dennis Calnon, MD; Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD; Paul Cremer, MD; Randall Thompson, MD;  David Wolinsky, MD
3:30 PM Clinical SPECT Cases: Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make Paul Cremer, MD
Panelists: Denise Brown; Dennis Calnon, MD; Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD; Lane Duvall, MD; Randall Thompson, MD;  David Wolinsky, MD
 
INTENSIVE 4:
PET Imaging: Demonstrating Value to Enhance Efficiency and Patient Management Decisions
Moderators: Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC
(U.S. Eastern Standard Time)
4:00 PM Clinical Value of Cardiac PET: How ASNC Can Help You Get Started Dennis Calnon, MD
4:15 PM Clinical Cases  
  Clinical Cases: Cleveland Clinic
Clinical Cases: Houston Methodist
Clinical Cases: Mayo Clinic
Paul Cremer, MD;
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD;
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
5:30 PM Q&A Session Dennis Calnon, MD;
David Wolinsky, MD; Faculty
6:00 PM Adjourn  

 
Sunday March 13 
 
INTENSIVE 5:
Practical Dilemmas In Every Day Practice: Strategies For Difficult Situations
Moderators: Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC
(U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time)
8:55 AM Welcome, Final Logistics Dennis Calnon, MD
Interventionalist's Perspective: What They Want from Nuclear Cardiology
9:00 AM I have a patient with chest pain and moderate stenosis by CTA. What should I do next Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
9:20 AM Patient has at least moderate ischemia by SPECT or PET. Coronary angiogram reveals 60% stenosis in the same territory as the MPI study. Is invasive FFR necessary? David Wolinsky, MD
9:40 AM Panel Discussion Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD; Wael Jaber, MD; Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD; and David Wolinsky, MD
10:00 AM Can ER patients with borderline stress test or CTA be discharged to complete their work-up as outpatient? David Wolinsky, MD
10:15 AM Is CAC a value in patients with chest pain? Khurram Nasir, MD
10:30 AM How do I determine pre-test probability of CAD in a symptomatic patient in 2022? David Wolinsky, MD
10:45 AM Break
11:15 AM The patient has minimal-to-no increase in myocardial
blood flow during vasodilator stress PET MPI. 
Dennis Calnon, MD
11:30 AM Patient has a very high calcium score (2200) with no
symptoms but leads a sedentary live style. What to do next.
Khurram Nasir, MD
11:45 AM The patient reaches target heart rate at less than 5 METS of
exercise due to severe deconditioning and anxiety:
is this an adequate stress for MPI?
Randall Thompson, MD
12:00 PM What does it mean if the myocardial blood flow reserve is
abnormal because resting MBF is elevated?
Should we report corrected MBFR or peak stress MBF?
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
12:15 PM Should Tc-99m PYP be done routinely pre-TAVR?
If Tc-99m PYP is positive, should we proceed with TAVR? 
David Wolinsky, MD
12:30 PM Final Comments and Adjourn Dennis Calnon, MD and David Wolinsky, MD