Abstracts

Young Investigator Competition

• Comparative Effectiveness of PET and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Predicting Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Renal Transplant
• Integration of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring from CT Attenuation Scans by Machine Learning Improves Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients Undergoing SPECT/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Noninvasive Assessment of the Pathophysiological Mechanisms of INOCA with CZT-SPECT
• Parametric Imaging of Myocardial Blood Flow with Rb-82 PET
• Failed Dietary Preparation in Cardiac PET Inflammation Studies: The Role of Beta-hydroxybutyrate
• Automated Nonlinear Registration of Coronary PET to CT Angiography Using Pseudo-CT Generated from PET with Generative Adversarial Networks

Advanced

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Imaging

• Machine Learning for SPECT, PET, and Hybrid Imaging
• Equity and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Cardiac Imaging Task-Based Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence
• Based Medical Imaging Methods in Nuclear Cardiology
• Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac CT, CMR, and Echocardiography
• Discussion

Advanced

New Tracers and Approaches in Imaging Cardiovascular Disease

• Novel PET Tracers for Myocardial Perfusion
• Novel Tracers for Heart Failure Imaging
• New Approaches to Imaging Fibrosis and Myocardial Remodeling
• Novel Approaches for Peripheral Vascular Disease Imaging
• Discussion

Advanced

New Technologies in SPECT and PET and Potential Cardiovascular Applications

• 360° 3D CZT SPECT
• Exploring Total-body P ET
• Digital PET
• PET/MR
• Discussion

Cases with the Aces

• Mayo Clinic
• Rush University Medical Center Cases
• Cook County Health Cases
• Houston Methodist DeBakey Cases
• University of Michigan Cases
• Yale University Cases
• Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cases
• MidAmerica Heart Institute Cases
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center Cases
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cases
• Ottawa Heart Institute Cases
• University of Rochester Medical Center Cases

Multimodality Imaging

Multimodality Imaging in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy

• Case Presentation: Reverse Perfusion Pattern in Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy True Ischemia Versus Artifact
• Case Presentation: Unusual Pulmonary Findings on a Cardiac PET-CT Scan

Multimodality Imaging

What’s That Burning Bright? – Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Device Infection

• Case Presentation: LVAD Infection With Outflow Cannula Dehiscence And Pseudoaneurysm Formation
• Case Presentation: BIUX2X2

Multimodality Imaging

Multimodality Screening For Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Where Are We In 2022?

• Case Presentation: Role of 13N-NH3 Cardiac PET in a Heart Transplant Recipient Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery (Case from the Community)

Patient First Imaging

Key Concepts of SPECT MPI – Optimizing Your Nuclear Lab for Patient First Imaging

• Case Presentation: Determining Risk in a Case of Stable Coronary Artery Disease
• Optimizing Your SPECT MPI Imaging Protocol to Achieve the Best Quality Study and Improve Accuracy
• Appropriate Use Criteria for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Where are We in 2022?
• Radiation Reduction Strategies for SPECT MPI Imaging- How Low Should We Go?
• Discussion

Patient First Imaging

Patient Focused Assessment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis- From the Office Visit to the Image and Beyond

• Video of Interview Between Patient in the Office and the Physician Reviewing Patient Preparation and Dietary Instructions Prior to Cardiac PET for Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
• Importance of Appropriate Patient Preparation Prior to Cardiac PET in Patients Suspected to have Cardiac Sarcoidosis
• Determining the Appropriate Imaging Strategy in Diagnosing and Managing Cardiac Sarcoidosis: When is Cardiac PET Appropriate Relative to Cardiac MRI?
• How to Accurately Interpret and Report Cardiac PET for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
• Review of Initial Patient Video: Interpretation and Reporting of Cardiac PET Case
• Discussion

Patient First Imaging

Nuclear Cardiology in the Patient Focused Assessment of Acute Chest Pain

• Video of Interview Between Underrepresented Ethnic Patient and Physician in the Emergency Department
• Assessment of Acute Chest Pain Patient with an Established History of CAD
• Assessment of Acute Chest Pain Patient with No History of CAD
• The Role of Nuclear Cardiology in the Age of High Sensitivity Troponin
• Review of Initial Patient Video Presented, Decision Made and the Outcome
• Discussion

Patient First Imaging

Nuclear Cardiology in the Patient Focused Assessment of Stable Chest Pain

• Video of Interview Between a Patient from an Underrepresented Population and Physician in Office Setting
• Assessment of Stable Chest Pain Patient with No History of CAD
• Assessment of Stable Chest Pain Patient with an Established History of CAD
• Assessment of Stable Chest Pain in a Female Patient with Suspected INOCA
• Review of Initial Patient Video Presented, Decision Made and the Outcome
• Discussion

PET

Hiding in Plain Sight: PET Evidence in the Chest Pain Guidelines

• Overview of Cardiac PET in the Chest Pain Guidelines: Opportunities to Show Off the Evidence
• Evidence for Accuracy of Cardiac PET and its Use in Determining Prognosis
• Evidence for Using the Unique Features of Cardiac PET: Beyond Relative Perfusion
• Filling in the Evidence Gaps: What Clinical Trials are Needed for Cardiac PET?
• Panel Discussion

PET

Radionuclide Imaging of Infective Endocarditis in 2022

• F-18 FDG PET/CT: A New Tool to Image Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis
• F-18 FDG PET/CT: A New Tool to Image CIED/LVAD Infective Endocarditis
• Complementary Role of WBC SPECT Scan in Suspected Endocarditis
• Discussion of ASNC Diagnostic Criteria and Management Recommendations
• FDG-PET for Confirming Suspected Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.
• Panel Discussion

PET

Know Your Flow: Understanding Myocardial Blood Flow

• From Cart to Myocardium: Understanding Tracer Characteristics and Principles of Blood Flow Measurement
• What do I do with Curves and Numbers: Recognizing Artifacts and Troubleshooting
• What do I do with these Curves and Numbers: A Case-by-Case Approach to Incorporating Blood Flow in Routine Clinical Practice
• Discussion

Plenary

Verani Lecture and Presidents’ Address

• ASNC/JNC Award Presentations
• ASNC2022 Program Chair Welcome
• ASNC2022 President’s Address
• President-elect’s Address
• Potential Late Breaking Clinical Trial
• Verani Lecture: Molecular Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Unraveling Pathophysiology to Transforming Patient Care

Plenary

Wanted Alive, not Dead: Assessment of Myocardial Viability

• Case presentation: Patient With LV Dysfunction and CTO
• What Do I Need to Know Before I Open a CTO: Noninvasive Imaging Prior to PCI
• Necessary but Not Sufficient: Echocardiography Before Revascularization
• MRI Needed or Niche?
• PET/MRI: Quo Vadis?
• Discussion and Debate: What Was Really Done for this Patient

Plenary

Chest Pain: Choices, Choices….When Anatomy is not Destiny!

• Case presentation: 63-year-old Female Patient with New Onset Chest Discomfort in the Emergency Department
• Initial Assessment in the Emergency Department: ECG and Enzymes, Is that all?
• Echocardiography: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Swiss Army Knife
• CT: How Far can Anatomy Take Us?
• Cardiac MRI: the Elegant Technique, Does it Fit in the Emergency Department?
• MPI: New Lessons from an Established Modality
• Advantages of Deferred Testing in Selected Populations
• Discussion and Debate: What was Really Done for this Patient?

Plenary

Amyloid Heart Disease: An Evolution in Disease Understanding and Treatment

• Case presentation: 58-year-old Male with Atrial Fibrillation but Gene Positive for ATTR
• Work up and Evaluation
• Imaging for Monitoring
• Role of SPECT and PET for Quantification Beyond HCL
• Electrophysiological Manifestation of Disease
• New Tracers, How Close are we in PET?
• Discussion and Debate: What was Really Done for this Patient?

Special

Nuclear Cardiology Foundations and Application: A Case-Based Morning with the Board Prep Faculty

• Introduction
• Amyloidosis Cases with the Expert
• Case-based Application of Nuclear Cardiology Foundations: Part 1
• Case-based Application of Nuclear Cardiology Foundations: Part 2
• 2022 Chest Pain Guidelines & Patient-Centered Imaging: A Deep Dive
• Recertification Pilot Case | Inteleos CBNC

Special

Technological Advances and Innovation in Nuclear Cardiology: Disease Focused Integrated Imaging

Still being finalized

Special

Hybrid Imaging Symposium: Part 1 (pre-recorded)

• Why Hybrid Imaging?
• Technical Considerations for Hybrid Imaging
• How to Transition from Dedicated Imaging to Hybrid Imaging: Training Considerations
• Incidental CT Findings You Should Recognize
• Discussion

Special

Hybrid Imaging Symposium: Part 2

Review of Cases

Panel Discussion

Special

Advancing Health Equity

Keynote: Disparities and the Role of Social Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases

Patient Interviews

Special

Quality Metrics

• Quality Metrics for SPECT MPI
• Appropriate Use Criteria Axis
• Consent and Patient Experience Axis
• Instrumentation Axis
• Processing Axis
• Protocols Axis
• Radiation Axis
• Interpretation Axis
• Reporting Axis
• Discussion and Q&A

Special

Jeopardy

• Team 1: ASNC Past Presidents 
• Team 2: ASNC Board of Directors
• Team 3: ASNC2022 Program Committee

Special

All About Flow Symposium

• Case Presentation: Go with the flow 
• Coronary Physiology and MBF/MFR Relationships
• PET MBF as the Gold Standard
• SPECT MBF as ‘Good Enough
• Selection of Patients for MBF
• Discussion

Special

Women, Heart Disease, and Imaging: A Case-based Session

• Contemporary Approaches to Nuclear Imaging in Women
• Complementary Role of Coronary Anatomy
• Quantification of Blood Flow and Flow Reserve by PET and MRI
• Clinical Cases
• Panel Discussion

Technology & Techniques

Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis

• How to Perform Cardiac Amyloidosis Studies with Bone Tracers
• New Cardiac Amyloidosis Radiotracers
• Perils and Pitfalls in Amyloidosis Imaging
• Discussion

Technology & Techniques

• How to Perform Myocardial Sarcoidosis PET/CT studies
• Perils and Pitfalls of Sarcoidosis Imaging
• Quantitative and qualitative image analysis and Case Reviews

Technology & Techniques

Hybrid Imaging (Live-virtual only)

• CT Technology and Techniques
• Attenuation Correction, Fusion, and Localization
• Calcium Scoring
• Perils and Pitfalls of Hybrid Imaging

Technology & Techniques

Refresher on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Live-virtual only)

• Tc99m SPECT and SPECT-CT MPI Protocols
• Rb82 PET and PET-CT MPI Protocols
• How to Achieve Quality in MPI Studies
• Clinical Case Reviews

Technology & Techniques

Advances in Nuclear Medicine Cardiology (live-virtual only)

• Myocardial Perfusion PET With 18F-labeled Tracers
• Myocardial Blood Flow PET and SPECT
• Discussion

Technology & Techniques

Refresher on Infrequently Performed Studies (Live-virtual only)

• Cardiac Infection Imaging
• Myocardial Viability Imaging
• Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiogram
• Cardiovascular Right-to-Left Shunting Imaging