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“Based on the clinical and scientific evidence now available, there are no clinical scenarios or patient subgroups where cardiac PET with myocardial blood flow should be excluded.” Timothy Bateman, MD,…
“The challenge ahead is not whether we can measure flow, but whether we can interpret it wisely. This issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology provides a framework for doing…
Following publication of the ACC/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCCT/SCMR Advanced Training Statement on Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, cardiologists are pondering what the document’s push toward breaking down the field’s silos will mean for trainees and…
ASNC’s Nuclear Cardiology Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (NCKSAP) PET MPI Module has been expanded to provide clinicians with even more guidance for leveraging the diagnostic and prognostic power of cardiac PET.…
On Jan. 12, ASNC reported that there have been shortages of both Tc-99m pyrophosphate (PYP) and Tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP or HDP) at several U.S. sites. ASNC is in contact…
On Jan. 1, physician practices across the U.S. began feeling the effects of reimbursement policy changes finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in late 2025. For…
ASNC has confirmed reports that supply disruptions with both Tc-99m pyrophosphate (PYP) and Tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP or HDP) may take place after January 2026. These products are used in…
Based on these images, 63 percent of respondents to this month’s @MyASNC case poll said the patient was a non-responder. The remainder of the votes were split across severe coronary…
Now in JNC! ASNC’s President and JNC‘s Editor-in-Chief Weigh In In their final editorials of the year, ASNC President Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, MASNC, and Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Editor-in-Chief Marcelo…
Both the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rules for 2026 include significant changes to reimbursement rates and policies that govern payment. As a…
