Cardiac PET Perfusion Essentials is designed for labs that perform or plan to perform myocardial perfusion imaging with a focus on the measurement of myocardial blood flow.

Through 16 modules, this course provides protocols, information on acquisition and quality control, and step-by-step instructions on how to perform Rb-82 and N-13 ammonia studies along with extensive case reviews. Cardiac PET Perfusion Essentials will give you everything that you need to start or improve a Cardiac PET Perfusion Lab. 

The course leads you through a series of comprehensive videos by leading experts as well as self-assessment case-based questions. This course offers up to 11.5 CME/MOC credits.

With this course, you will:

• Learn everything that you need to start or improve a cardiac PET perfusion lab.
• Get a focused, in-depth overview of each aspect of the most commonly performed PET perfusion studies provided by experts.
• Understand how to assess and interpret myocardial blood flow quantification.
• Gain a better understanding of PET perfusion imaging for clinical and research applications.

Note: Cardiac PET Perfusion Essentials is taken from  ASNC's Cardiac PET Curriculum, which is a more comprehensive and in-depth resource for cardiac PET Laboratories planning to provide full diagnostic services.

Learn More at  https://education.asnc.org/URL/ACPC_2ndEd

The topics that you will learn about include:

Section II: Instrumentation
Module 3a. Acquisition and Processing for Cardiovascular PET
Module 3b. PET Quality Control, Corrections and Processing

Section III: Cardiovascular PET Tracers
Module 5a. Cardiovascular PET Tracers

Section IV: How to Perform Cardiac PET
Module 6. How to Perform a 82Rb Perfusion Study
Module 7. How to Perform a 13N-NH3 Perfusion Study
Module 8. How to Perform a PET Myocardial Blood Flow Evaluation

Section V: Clinical Data
Module 11a. Cardiac PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Including Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment in Clinical Studies
Module 11b. Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment on PET MPI
Module 12. Interpretation and Reporting of Cardiac PET Myocardial Perfusion Studies
Module 13a. Low Dose CT with Cardiac PET Perfusion
Module 13b. A Radiologist's Approach to Reviewing the CT Attenuation Correction Images for Important Incidental Findings

Section VII: Interactive Case Studies
Module 17. Step by Step Reading Cardiac PET
Module 17a. Case Review - Myocardial Blood Flow with 82Rb PET Imaging 
Module 17b. Case Review - 82Rb PET Perfusion Imaging
Module 18. Case Review - 13N-NH3 Myocardial Perfusion

Section VII. Establishing a PET Facility
Module 22. Planning a PET facility

This activity is targeted at physicians and is intended to provide comprehensive and in-depth presentation on all aspects of assessing myocardial perfusion including measurement of myocardial blood flow.

After participating in this activity, you should be able to achieve the following:

• Describe how to acquire and report relative perfusion and myocardial blood flow results from PET perfusion studies
• Describe the various hardware and software options for PET imaging and their strengths and limitations
• Employ procedures to ensure PET perfusion studies are acquired appropriately for clinical applications.
• Explain the various PET imaging protocols and patient preparation critical to performing appropriate PET studies
• Detail shielding and other regulatory requirements needed to establish a PET facility

This program will provide you the knowledge necessary to initiate cardiac PET imaging studies in your clinical practice to influence better outcomes in patients with CVD

Nuclear cardiology is an important part of managing patients with cardiovascular disease. PET imaging provides improved diagnostic accuracy compared with SPECT imaging. Nuclear cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists and imaging technologists need to understand PET protocols and procedures and to understand and incorporate PET technology and tracers into their laboratory and establish a clinically relevant value-added service providing state-of-the-art patient care.

Evaluation Deadlines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Participation Credits = December 31, 2027. The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.



Physicians: The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. To receive 11.5 MOC points for participating in this activity, you must be a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and you must have an ABIM account. If you have not yet established an online account, you will need to visit the ABIM at www.abim.org, or contact ABIM via phone by calling: 1-800-441-ABIM or 215-446-3590. Mon - Fri 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET, Sat 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET.

As an accredited provider of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. In compliance with these standards, it is ASNC’s policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific merit in all its educational activities through the disclosure of all financial relationship with ineligible companies and mitigation of conflicts of interest. The financial interest or relationships requiring disclosure are outlined in ASNC’s CME Conflict of Interest Policy. All planners, reviewers, and presenters involved with this activity were required to disclose all financial relationships. The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology has reviewed this activity’s faculty disclosures and mitigated all identified conflicts of interest.

The following activity planners reported no financial relationships:
Manuel Cerqueira, MD, MASNC (Co-Chair)
Dawn Edgerton (ASNC Staff)
Michelle Klinke (ASNC Staff)

The following speakers and reviewers who were involved in the development of this activity reported no financial relationships:
Talal Alnabelsi, MD
Sabahat Bokhari, MD, FASNC
Paul Cremer, MD
Matthew Harinstein, MD, FASNC
Robert Hendel, MD, MASNC
Alice Houza, MD
Marina Picinelli, PhD
Michael Steigner, MD
Randall C. Thompson, MD, MASNC

The following faculty who were involved in the development of this activity reported the relationships:
Mouaz Al Mallah, MD, MSC, FASNC - Research Support: Siemens, GE HealthCare; Consultant: Jubilant, Pfizer, Phillips
James Case, PhD, MASNC - Intellectual property rights; Royalty: Owner: CVIT; Research Grant, Consultant: Bracco; Spectrum Dynamics: Research Grant
Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MASNC - Honoraria; Research/Grant or Contractor: Pfizer, GE Healthcare, Attralus, NovoNordisk, Alexion/AstraZeneca
Cesia Gallegos, MD - Advisory Board: Pfizer
Gary Heller, MD, PhD, MASNC – Advisory Board: Molecular Imaging Svcs; Scientific Advisory Board: Ge Health Care
Wael Jaber, MD – Institutional Core Lab Work (No Personal Payment): Edwards Life Sciences and Boston Scientific; Consultant: Pfizer
Edward Miller, MD, PhD, FASNC - Consulting Fee: Eidos, Alnylam, Roivant, CSL Behring; Research Grant: Alnylam, Eidos, Pfizer
Michael Osborne, MD, FASNC – Consultant: WCG Imaging
Krishna Patel, MD – Research Grant to Institution: Jubilant RadioPharma
Aldo Schenone, MD – Research Grant, Speakers Bureau: Bristol Myers Squibb
Piotr Slomka, PhD - Research Grants: Siemens Medical Systems; Consultant: Synektik; Speakers Bureau: IBA;  Royalties: Cedars Sinai Medical Center

To receive a certificate of participation, participants must successfully complete the post-test. After successfully completing the post-test and evaluation form, participants will be able to generate a certificate of participation.

To receive a statement of credit, participants must successfully complete the post-test and evaluation questions after viewing the presentations. The participant selects the single most appropriate answer for each post-test question. A score of 100% is needed to pass the post-test quiz. If less than 100% of the questions were correct, the participant will be notified and may resubmit the quiz with modified answers.