ASNC2012 Winners
ASNC 2012 Winners
At the 17th Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, there were many wonderful educational sessions and many honors were awarded to attendees and the ASNC membership at large. Please find the list of winners below.
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Best Papers
A panel of judges reviewed all the original articles published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology from the September/October 2011 issue through the July/August 2012 issue and voted on what they considered the best clinical papers and the best technical paper from these 6 issues.
Best clinical papers
“Quantitative relationship between coronary artery calcium score and hyperemic myocardial blood flow as assessed by hybrid 15O-water PET/CT imaging in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease” by Ibrahim Danad, Pieter G. Raijmakers, Yolande E. Appelman, Hendrik J. Harms, Stefan de Haan, Koen M. Marques, Cornelis van Kuijk, Cornelis P. Allaart, Otto S. Hoekstra, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Mark Lubberink, Albert C. van Rossum, and Paul Knaapen
“Impact of left ventricular function and the extent of ischemia and scar by stress myocardial perfusion imaging on prognosis and therapeutic risk reduction in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: Results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial” by Leslee J. Shaw, Manuel D. Cerqueira, Maria M. Brooks, Andrew D. Althouse, Veronica V. Sansing, George A. Beller, Rodica Pop-Busui, Raymond Taillefer, Bernard R. Chaitman, Raymond J. Gibbons, Jaekyeong Heo, and Ami E. Iskandrian
Best technical paper
“Quantification of regional myocardial blood flow estimation with three-dimensional dynamic rubidium-82 PET and modified spillover correction model” by Chietsugu Katoh, Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Ran Klein, Katsuhiko Kasai, Yuuki Tomiyama, Osamu Manabe, Masanao Naya, Mamoru Sakakibara, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Robert A. deKemp, and Nagara Tamaki
To submit a manuscript to the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jnc.
Young Investigator Award Winners
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) competition was open to any physician or scientist currently in a residency or fellowship training program, or below the age of 35, who wished to submit an abstract for consideration. All the papers were presented orally and a panel of judges recognized Venkatesh L Murthy, of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, as the best abstract presenter.
WINNER
Prognostic Validation of Four 82 Rubidium Extraction Models and Three Quantification Methods
Venkatesh L Murthy, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Masanao Naya, Benjamin C. Lee, Courtney R Foster, Jon Hainer, Josh Klein, Mariya Gaber, Edward P. Ficaro, Arkadiusz Sitek, Marcelo F. Di Carli
FIRST RUNNER-UP
The Prevalence, Impact, and Post-hoc Correction of Gating Errors during SPECT Assessment of LV Dyssynchrony
Daniel R Ludwig, University of Pittsburgh; Mati Friehling, David Schwartzman, Samir Saba, William P Follansbee, Prem Soman
SECOND RUNNER-UP
The Prognostic Value of Cardiac SPECT Performed at Low-Volume Primary Care Physician Office Using Mobile Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory: The First Prospective Cohort Study
Nathan L. Frogge, Rush University Medical Center; Gautam Balakrishnan, Venkata S Dontaraju, Fareed Collado, Maria O Rangel, Kathleen Hayes Brown, Rami Doukk
A Protocol for the Provisional Use of Perfusion Imaging in Exercise Stress
Elliot Levine, Mount Sinai Medical Center; William L Duvall, Sunitha Moonthungal, Mahmoudreza Fardanesh, Lori B Croft, Milena J Henzlova
Symptom-limited Exercise with Regadenoson-as-needed for Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Matthew W. Parker, Hartford Hospital; Hanna Slim, Donna Chelle Morales, Dimitrios Barmpouletos, Geetha Swamy Iyah, Afrooz Ardestani, Shishir Mathur, Alan Ahlberg, Giselle Cyr, Deborah Katten, Steven M. Borer, Gary V. Heller
The Role of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Renal Transplant Patients
Anita Radhakrishnan, Allegheny General Hospital; Sapna Legha, Indu Poornima
Attenuation of the Side Effect Profile of Regadenoson: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study with Aminophylline in Patients with Severe Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – The ASSUAGE-CKD Trial (NCT01336140)
Maria O Rangel, Rush University Medical Center; Rizcallah Dick, Marwan Wassouf, Ammar Alqaid, Raysa Morales Demori, Donald Trepashko, Bosko Margeta, Rami Doukky
ASNC2012 Best Poster Winners
Session 103: Perfusion Imaging
103-15 Presented by Jim Cullom - Normal Database Analysis of Comparative Total Perfusion and Stress-Rest Deficit Scores from Regadensaon vs. Dipyridamole Stress 82Rb PET
SJ Cullom, JA Case, AI McGhie SA Courter, TM Bateman
103-16 Presented by Panithaya Chareonthaitawee - Comparison of Hyperemic Myocardial Blood Flow Response to Regadanoson vs. Adenosine: A Quantitative Analysis with PET (N-13) Ammonia in Healthy Subjects
P Chareonthaitawee, JW Askew, M Rodriguez-Porcel, B Kemp, T Miller
Session 117: New Methods and Protocols
117-05 Presented by James Case - Myocardial Uptake of a Novel Tc-99m Labeled Glucose Analog (Tc-99m EC-DG) in Normal and Ischemic Subjects during Rest and Exercise Stress Testing
JA Case, TM Bateman, SJ Cullom, M Siegmund, FD Rollo
117.17 Presented by Ian Clement - Inability of Left Ventricular Ejection
Fraction to Predict Outcomes in Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation
IP Clements, GA Wiseman, DO Hodge
Session 125: Risk Assessment Appropriate Use Criteria
125.13 Presented by Nathan Better - Performance of Rest Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Management of Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Room in Developing Nations (PREMIER Trial)
N Better, A Nguyen, J Vitola, G Karthikeyan, A Fatima, A Peix, MD Novak, J Soares, VD Bien, PO Briones, M Vangu, N Soni, M Dondi
Session 138: PET, CT, and Hybrid Imaging
138.15 Presented by Benjamin Lee - Noise Modeling in the GFADS Algorithm for the Analysis of Dynamic Rb-82 PET Studies
BC Lee, VL Murthy, S Tandon, J Moody, A Sitek AJ Sinusas, MF Di Carli, JR Corbett, EP Ficaro
Travel Grant Winners
For several years, Astellas has provided travel grants that enable trainees to attend the ASNC annual meeting. This year’s grant winners are:
Niti R. Aggarwal, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Firas J. Al Bararin, Mission, KS; Omaima A. Ali, Detroit, MI; Omar Batal, Wilkinsburg, PA; Muhammad Chaudhry, Beth Israel Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Christopher W. Chu, Los Angeles, CA; Girish Dwivedi, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Hayan Jouni, Rochester, MN; Daniel L. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, PA; Harshal Patil, Kansas City, MO; Abdur Rehman, Grand Rapids, MI; Hanna Slim, Hartford Hospital, Manchester, CT. It was wonderful to have you at ASNC2012 and we hope you will join us for ASNC2013!
FASNC Designation
The following individuals will receive the 2012 Fellow of ASNC (FASNC) designation:
Physicians
John Thomas Cardone, MD; Steven Jon Daniels, MD; Nitin Jaluria, MD; Aarush Manchanda, MD; Mauricio Melhado, MD; Charles David Peters, Jr., MD; Tariq Saleem, MD; Carl M. Wynter, MD; Charles David Peters, Jr., MD
Scientists
Mary Beth Farrell, MS (CNMT, NCT, RTCN); Thomas Michael Kumpuris, MS; Jamshid Maddahi, MD
For more information about applying to receive a Fellows designation from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, please visit www.asnc.org/FASNC
