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Nuclear Cardiology for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
A pre-meeting program of ASNC2008
September 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Room 308
John B. Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
Program
Thursday, September 11, 2008
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Selecting the Appropriate Stress Test |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Integrating Cardiac PET/CT: How Does It Compare to SPECT? |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Impact of Coronary CTA: Will It Complement or Replace Myocardial Perfusion Imaging? |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Arrhythmias Most Likely to Occur During Exercise and Pharmacologic Stress Testing |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Scan Interpretation: Being Able to Identify Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion and Interpret the Results |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Effects of Medications on Sensitivity and Specificity of MPI |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Questions |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch on Own |
| 1:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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| 1:15 p.m. |
New Pharmacologic Stress Agents |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Appropriateness Criteria for MPI |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Reimbursement Changes for 2009: How Will They Affect Your Lab? |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Selecting Protocols that Enhance Laboratory Efficiencies and Productivity |
| 4:00 p.m. |
ICANL Accreditation — Reimbursement May Depend Upon Laboratory Accreditation |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Case Studies and Questions |
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