ASNC Webinars

ASNC offers an ongoing series of online lecture webinars dedicated to important topics in nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. The webinars are presented live online and registrants will have the opportunity to listen and learn from experts in the field. Select webinars will be archived for an on-demand learning experience.

View full portfolio of online education available for CME/CE credits.

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Upcoming Webinars

ASNC2021 - Annual Scientific Session and Exhibition Meeting

2021 Board Exam Prep Course

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Recent Webinars

Choosing the Best Test for Your Patient in a Multimodality Environment: Experts Debate Real-World Cases

Join us for a valuable and interactive learning experience for all clinicians who treat patients with suspected or confirmed ischemic heart disease. Work through the confusion about trial results, the AUC and help you and your referrers feel more confident about which test to recommend in different patient scenarios.
 

Bread and Butter Cases: The Very Best of SPECT

 

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2021 OnDemand Webinars

OnDemand - Cardiac Amyloidosis in Japan: Read with the Experts (In Japanese with English slides)

Webinar description:
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. 

Program Director: 
Jun HASHIMOTO, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology, 
Tokai University School of Medicine
Isehara, JAPAN

Presenter and Chair:
Takashi KUDO, MD, PhD
Department of Radioisotope Medicine,
Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
Nagasaki, JAPAN

Presenters:
Kenichi TSUJITA, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
Kumamoto, JAPAN

Toru KUBO, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology and Geriatrics,
Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
Kochi, JAPAN

Registration is complimentary.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer. No CME/CE provided.

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On Demand - Tc-99m PYP Evaluation of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis: Case-based Application of the New Interpretation and Reporting Recommendations Webinar

Moderator: Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC
 

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 OnDemand - Challenging Cases in Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: Read with the Experts

Chair: Christoph Rischpler, MD
Presenters: Olivier Lairez, MD, PhD, Alessia Gimelli, MD, Fabien Hyafil, MD, and Amelia Jimenez-Heffernan, MD, PhD, FASNC 

OnDemand -  Fundamentals in Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: Read with the Experts Webinar

Chair: Fabien Hyafil, MD
Presenters: Marianna Fontana, MD, PhD, Riemer Slart, MD, PhD, Prof. Dr. Christoph Rischpler and Maria Papathanasiou, MD

Presentations:
Dr. Marianna Fontana
Dr. Riemer H. J. A. Slart  
 Dr. Christoph Rischlper and Dr. Maria Papathanasiou 

ASNC Program Handout 

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Listen Now! Cardiac Amyloidosis in Latin America: Read with the Experts OnDemand
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.

Faculty:
Gabriel Blacher Grossman, MD, PhD, FASNC – Moderator
Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine
Hospital Moinhos de Vento  
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Erick Alexanderson, MD, FACC
Chairman of Nuclear Cardiology  Department
Instituto Nacional se Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez
Mexico City, Mexico 
 
Jorge Camilletti, MD, FACC
Chief, Cardiology Area.
Staff, Nuclear Medicine Service.
Hospital Italian de La Plata
Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
Fernando Mut, MD, FASNC
Nuclear Medicine Service, Italian Hospital, Montevideo
Consultant, IAEA
No CE/CME credit is provided.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer.

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2020 OnDemand Webinars

An Introduction to the Role of Nuclear Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease

No CME or CE credit is provided.

Program Introduction
Dr. Michelle Williams, BSCI/BSCCT Secretary 
Randall Thompson, MD, FASNC
 
Role of nuclear imaging in the UK guidelines for coronary artery disease - Dr Jim Stirrup
Learning Outcomes

• Describe UK guidelines for coronary artery disease
• Understand differences/similarities between European and other guidelines
• Describe indications for nuclear imaging in coronary artery disease.

 SPECT in coronary artery disease - Dr. Michelle Williams
Learning outcomes

• Describe how SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging is performed Interpret normal and abnormal SPECT MPI 
• Understand common artefacts in SPECT imaging

 Identifying high risk features in CAD -  Randall Thompson, MD, FASNC
Learning outcomes

• At the conclusion of the program, the participant will have a greater understanding and recognition of important prognostic features on nuclear cardiology diagnostic studies.

Discussion/Questions 

Program Faculty
Dr. Jim Stirrup
Cardiology Consultant, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
BSCI/BSCCT Treasurer 

Randall Thompson, MD, FASNC
Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City
St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.
President - Elect, ASNC

Dr. Michelle Williams
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
BSCI/BSCCT Secretary

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OnDemand: Cases in Tc99m-PYP Evaluation of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis: Interpretation and Reporting Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC - Moderator
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Medical Director of Nuclear Cardiology and the Stress Laboratory
Medical Director of Culpeper Cardiology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA 

Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD, FASNC - Presenter
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 

Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH, FASNC – Presenter
Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging Cook County Health
Associate Professor of Medicine Rush Medical College
John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, IL 

Brett W. Sperry, MD – Presenter
Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City
Co-director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Kansas City, MO 

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Moderators:
Randall Thompson, MD, FASNC, ASNC, President-elect
St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

Nikolaos Spilias, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio

Panelists:
A. Iain McGhie, MD
St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

Ms. Tara Lawson
St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

Hongcheng Shi, MD, PhD 
Vice-President, Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai

Xiaoli Lan, MD, PhD
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

Xiaoli Zhang, MD, PhD
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing

Felix Keng, MBBS, FASNC
National Heart Center, Singapore

Hee-Seung Bom, MD, PhD
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun

No CME or CE credit is provided.

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Virtual Visits: Utilizing Technology to Drive Patient Care & Appropriate Use


Moderator:
David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC, Chair
ASNC Health Policy Committee

Panelists:
Regina Druz, MD, FASNC – ASNC Board of Directors 
Integrative Cardiology Center of Long Island, NY

Camille Bonta, Legislative and Regulatory Strategy Consultant
Summit Health Care Consulting

Georgia Lawrence, Director, Health Policy
ASNC
  
No CME or CE credit is provided.

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COVID-19 Preparedness for Nuclear Cardiology Labs: Insights from the US, China and Singapore



Register now to access the recording.

• Describe rubidium-82 and N-13 ammonia protocols for PET myocardial perfusion imaging and measurement of myocardial blood flow
• Interpret normal and abnormal rubidium-82 and N-13 ammonia PET myocardial perfusion images
• Discuss the approach to incorporating myocardial blood flow measurements and gated and CT data
• Consider pitfalls in the performance and interpretation of PET myocardial perfusion imaging