Nuclear Cardiology: Basic Principles, Current Practice, & Future Directions

Description

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 IAC accreditation requirements. More than thirty presentations and dozens of self-assessment questions from a world-renowned nuclear cardiology faculty will help you stay at the top of your nuclear cardiology game.

Editor

Nishant Shah, MD, FACC

Table of Contents

Learner Objectives

Upon completion participants should be able to:

• Reinforce the basic principles of nuclear cardiology physics, stress testing, and SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging workflows for the healthcare team.
• Identify recent guideline updates regarding the appropriate use and interpretation of SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging, cardiac amyloid radionuclide imaging, and cardiac sarcoidosis imaging.
• Delineate the evolving role of nuclear cardiology in preoperative evaluation, chronic inflammatory diseases, heart transplantation, and our understanding of ischemic heart disease in women.
• Discuss new challenges and opportunities in nuclear cardiology, including hybrid imaging, novel radiotracers, molecular imaging, and artificial intelligence.
• Enhance knowledge and care coordination amongst members of the interdisciplinary team to improve the overall quality of cardiac imaging and patient outcomes.

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 competency in nuclear cardiology.

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 healthcare team.

Physicians

The ACCF designates this enduring material for a maximum of 16 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 16 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. Once your MOC claim is submitted to the ACCME no modifications can be made to your overall credit claim. Participants can claim credit only once.

Physician Assistants

The American College of Cardiology Foundation has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 16 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Interprofessional Continuing Education (ICPE) Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 16 credits provided by ACCF Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Date of Release
Release Date: March 28, 2025
Expiration Date: March 27, 2028

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Refund Policy
You may receive a full refund by canceling your order within 7 days of purchase.
Claiming any type of credit for the product during that time will make you ineligible for a refund. No refunds or term adjustments will be permitted after the first 7 days of purchase.