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Senate Bill Pushes to Restart AUC Program Requirements

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have introduced the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act (S.1692), which would revive the Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program for…

ASNC, ACC Ask U.S. Government to Defer Tariffs on Radiopharmaceuticals

Last week, ASNC and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) submitted joint comments urging deferral of tariffs on radiopharmaceuticals until domestic sources are established. The organizations’ comments were in response to…

New Research Suggests Myocardial Flow Reserve Could Transform Risk Stratification

Is a New Risk Scoring Tool on the Horizon? In the new episode of JNC CardioConnect, Cedars Sinai researchers Daniel S. Berman, MD, MASNC, and Donghee Han, MD, join Journal…

ASNC Gets a Shout-Out on ‘How I Doctor’ Podcast!

The May 1 episode of the How I Doctor podcast features Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH, FASNC, discussing “what doctors never learn in training.” During a segment on career development and…

ASNC Accepting Applications for ‘Future Leaders: The Next Generation of Nuclear Cardiology’

ASNC is now accepting applications for this year’s Future Leaders: The Next Generation of Nuclear Cardiology program. Future Leaders introduces medical students, residents, trainees, fellows-in-training, and junior faculty to nuclear…

Step-by-Step Guide to PET/CT Interpretation in PVE

Now that 18F-FDG-PET/CT has a class 1 indication for evaluating suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and other cardiac-device-related infections, cardiac imagers must become proficient in distinguishing between the imaging features…

F-18 PET Tracer Shows Potential for Assessing Fatty Acid Metabolism

The nuclear cardiology pipeline includes several new radiopharmaceuticals, including the novel F-18-labeled PET tracer XTR003. A Phase I study published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology found XTR003 is safe…

ASNC/IANC-Funded Research Published in JNC

The April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology includes original research, a related editorial, and a review article that consider how nuclear cardiology imaging techniques could be leveraged to…

ASNC2025 Achieves New Record for Abstract Submissions

Innovations Fueling New Research and Enthusiasm Across Nuclear Cardiology ASNC just set 2 new records signaling the excitement building throughout nuclear cardiology as new innovations come to fruition and setting…

ASNC Gains Second Seat in American Medical Association House of Delegates

The American Medical Association (AMA) has granted ASNC additional representation in the House of Delegates (HOD). Starting at the June 2025 HOD meeting, Ahmet Oktay, MD, of Rush Medical Group,…