Cardiac Amyloidosis
ASNC is the premier source for education and quality in the rapidly expanding area of cardiac amyloidosis. Through its initiatives and partnerships, ASNC is supporting a collaborative approach to awareness, early diagnosis and effective treatments that will save lives and improve quality of life for patients with CA.
ASNC is uniquely qualified to provide education, information and advocacy that ensures appropriate referrals for Tc-99m PYP imaging; supports high-quality testing, interpretation and reporting of Tc-99m PYP imaging by imagers; and encourages fair reimbursement of Tc-99m PYP services and approval of CA treatment agents.
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Upcoming Webinars
Register Now - Challenging Cases in Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: Read with the Experts
Date: April 20
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (Central European SummerTime)
Free Registration
Program Agenda:
Multi-modality imaging in cardiac amyloidosis: which diagnostic path?
New approaches for detecting cardiac amyloidosis with nuclear imaging
Clinical Cases
Questions and Answers
Chair: Prof. Dr. Christoph Rischpler
Department of Nuclear Medicine
University Hospital Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
Germany
Presenters
Oliver Lairez, MD
Cardiac Imaging Center
University hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Alessia Gimelli, MD
Head Nuclear Cardiology Unit
Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana "Gabriele Monasterio"
Pisa, Italy
Prof. Fabien Hyafil
Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Head of Nuclear Medicine Department
European Hospital Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France.
Amelia Jimenez-Heffernan MD, PhD, FEBNM, FASNC
Head of Nuclear Medicine Department
Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez
Huelva, SPAIN
NO CE/CME is included in this program.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
Pfizer Inc. supported this session with an unrestricted educational grant.
On-demand coming soon! - Fundamentals in Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: Read with the Experts Webinar
Date: April 13
Time: 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (Central European Summer Time)
Free Registration
Program Agenda:
Introduction to Cardiac Amyloidosis
Bone scan procedurals in cardiac amyloidosis
Clinical cases
Questions and Answers
Chair: Prof. Fabien Hyafil
Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Head of Nuclear Medicine Department
European Hospital Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France.
Presenters
Professor Marianna Fontana| MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology|Hon. Consultant Cardiologist
UCL Cardiac CMR service |University College London (Royal Free Campus)
National Amyloidosis Centre |University College London (Royal Free Campus)
London, England
Riemer H. J. A. Slart MD, PhD | Nuclear Medicine Physician
Professor in Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging
Medical Imaging Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
GRONINGEN, The Netherlands
Dr. Maria Papathanasiou
Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine
Heart Failure Unit
West German Heart and Vascular Center
University Hospital Essen
Germany
Prof. Dr. Christoph Rischpler
Department of Nuclear Medicine
University Hospital Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
Germany
Dr. Christoph Rischlper and Dr. Maria Papathanasiou Cases Presentation
Dr. Marianna Fontana -Introduction to Cardiac Amyloidosis
Dr. Riemer H. J. A. Slart - Bone scan procedurals in cardiac amyloidosis
Program Handout
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
Pfizer Inc. supported this session with an unrestricted educational grant.
Webinars OnDemand

Date: March 26, 2021
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM US ET
Registration
Free for ASNC members!
$75 for Nonmembers
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OnDemand available - Listen now! Cardiac Amyloidosis in Latin America: Read with the Experts
The objective of the webinar is to review the role of nuclear cardiology imaging in cardiac amyloidosis and to provide comprehensive recommendations based on literature evidence and expert opinion. The focus of this activity is the standardization of image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting based on clinical examples. Speaker presentation's from the live session are available for downloading befolw:
Dr. Erick Alexanderson's presentation
Dr. Jorge Camilletti's presentation
Dr. Fernando Mut's presentation
Program Compendium
Cases in Tc99m-PYP Evaluation of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis: Interpretation and Reporting
No CME or CE credit is provided.
Faculty: Jamieson Bourque, MD, Edward Miller, MD, Brett Sperry, MD and Saurabh Malhotra, MD
This webinar provides an overview of best practices and specific cases associated with the interpretation and reporting of Tc99m-PYP Evaluation of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Archived Webinars
Complete archives are available at the ASNC Learning Center.
Advances in Cardiac Amyloidosis (ASNC-IAEA)
Moderators: Dr. Diana Paez and Dr. Prem Soman
Faculty: Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, FASNC, Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC, Diana Paez, MD, Professor Claudio Rapezzi, MD, Professor,dr. R.H.J.A. (Riemer) Slart
No CME or CE credit is provided.
Whom to Evaluate for Cardiac Amyloidosis: ASNC/Multisocietal Expert Consensus Recommendations
Faculty: Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, FASNC, Moderator, Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, Brett W. Sperry, MD, Mathew S. Maurer, MD and Rodney H. Falk, MD, Presenters
Credit: CME/CE credit is not available for this activity
Fee: Complimentary
This activity is sponsored by Pfizer.
Clinical Application of Tc-99m PYP Imaging in Suspected Cardiac Amyloidosis
Faculty: Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS and Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Presenters
Credit: CME/CE credit is not available for this activity
Fee: ASNC Members, free; Non-members, $25
This activity is sponsored by Pfizer.
Click here to access archive on ASNC Learning Center
How to process Tc-99m PYP images for ATTR-CM: A hands-on presentation
Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Lecture presented at the 2019 Annual Scientific Session of ASNC. No CME/CE provided. If you have any questions, send them to guidelines@asnc.org. This activity is supported by a grant from Pfizer.
Online Activities
Learn recent advances you can put into practice to improve outcomes for your patients with ATTR-CM.
Faculty: Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC (Chair), Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, FASNC, Mathew S. Maurer, MD, Frederick Ruberg, MD
Credit: No longer available
The activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer.
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Tc-99m PYP Imaging - How to Do It Right
Robert Pagnanelli, BSRT(R)(N), CNMT, NCT, FASNC, Duke Regional Hospital, Durham, NC
April Mann, MBA, CNMT, NCT, RT(N), FANC, MASNC, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer. No CME/CE provided.
Guidelines
- ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI Expert Consensus Recommendations For Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis - 2019
Part 1 of 2—Evidence base and standardized methods of imaging
Part 2 of 2—Diagnostic criteria and appropriate utilization -
ASNC imaging guidelines for nuclear cardiology procedures - 2017
Practice Points
- 99m Technetium-Pyrophosphate Imaging for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis- 2019 (Open-access for a limited time- Join ASNC to gain access to all our practice points and other member-only resources)
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC)
- Imaging cardiac amyloidosis: Patient Page- 2018
- Di Carli & Berman: Tc-99m PYP/Tl-201 SPECT vs. single-isotope SPECT (podcast)
ASNC Blog Posts and Articles
- Cardiac Amyloidosis Doesn't Have to Be Intimidating: A Primer on Diagnosis by Noel Dasgupta, MD
- New drugs for cardiac amyloidosis provide hope for patients- UT Southwestern Medical Center- July 2019
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: 'Red Flag' for Subsequent ATTR, Heart Failure- MedPage Today- July 2019
- Potentially fatal buildup of proteins in the heart often goes undiagnosed AHA- May 2019
- Natural History, Quality of Life, and Outcome in Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis, AHA Journal Circulation- May 2019
Partner Resources
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