ASNC served as the author or co-author on each of the documents listed below. The date shown with each guideline or statement reflects the most recent date of approval or endorsement. For clinical documents related to nuclear cardiology training (such as COCATS), click here.

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Imaging Guidelines for Nuclear Cardiology Procedures
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• Introduction - 2009
• Instrumentation Quality Assurance and Performance - 2007
• First-Pass Radionuclide Angiography (FPRNA) - 2009
• Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography (ERNA) - 2009
• Stress Protocols and Tracers - 2009
• Myocardial Perfusion and Planar Imaging - 2009
• Myocardial Perfusion and Function: Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography - 2007
• Updated! PET Myocardial Perfusion and Glucose Metabolism Imaging - 2009
• Updated! Standardized Reporting of Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion and Function - 2009

Clinical Updates

• Stress-Only Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - 2009
• Combined Pharmacologic and Low-Level Exercise Stress Protocols for Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - 2009
• Adenosine Stress Protocols for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - 2007

Information Statements

• Variability in Radiation Dose Estimates from Nuclear and Computed Tomography Diagnostic Imaging - 2009
• DICOM and Interconnectivity Update - 2009
• Clinical Imaging for Prevention: Directed Strategies for Improved Detection of Presymptomatic Patients with Undetected Atherosclerosis - 2008
• ASNC Review of the ACCF/ASNC Appropriateness Criteria for SPECT MPI - 2007
• Computed Tomographic Imaging within Nuclear Cardiology - 2005
• Cost-Effectiveness of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - 2005

Other ASNC Documents

• Conference Proceedings from the Ninth Nuclear Cardiology Invitational Conference - 2008
• A Report of the ASNC Task Force on Women and Heart Disease - 2003
• Suspected Acute Ischemic Syndromes in the Emergency Department or Chest Pain Center - 2002

Other Clinical Guidelines

• New! Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Imaging: Report of a Workshop Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - 2009
• Introduction of New Technology for Clinical Use - ASNC Imaging Guideline, 2009
• Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update - AHA Guideline, 2007
• Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery - ACC/AHA Guideline, 2007
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Joint Society Statements

• New! ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade - 2009 
• New! 2009 ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery - 2009
• New! Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging - 2009
  Appendix: Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging Data Supplement - 2009
• Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization - 2009
• 2008 Key Data Elements and Definitions for Cardiac Imaging - 2008
• 2008 Health Policy Statement on Structured Reporting in Cardiovascular Imaging - 2008
• Appropriate Use Criteria for Stress Echocardiography - 2008
• Appropriate Use Criteria for Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography - 2007
• Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging - 2006
• Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance - 2005
  Click here for the correction posted online November 23, 2009