Mita: Detail

  • Home
  • Resources
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Cardiology
    • Amyloid/Brain
  • About PET Imaging
  • PET Reimbursement
    • Coverage
    • Coding
    • Payment
    • New Legislation
  • PET Newsroom
  • Contact

PET Imaging in Cardiology


Watch the webinar

Cardiac PET Imaging: When It’s the Right Test at the Right Time

Purpose and audience: This webinar (hosted by Cardiovascular Business) will show physicians and administrators how cardiac PET can add value to clinical practice, as well as patient and practice management.

Agenda:

  • Myocardial blood flow assessment in detecting coronary artery disease
  • Assessing viable myocardium in dysfunctional left ventricular regions, examining transplants and vasculopathy
  • Detecting cardiac sarcoidosis and infections in implanted cardiac devices
  • Avoiding unnecessary interventional procedures

Webinar Q&A: 

Follow up audience Q&A, including answers on reimbursement, patient selection, timing for new agents on the horizon, and more, can be viewed here.




download

Advantages of PET Myocardial Imaging (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: This presentation is intended to be used by PET providers to educate referring cardiologists about PET in cardiac imaging, and to encourage appropriate utilization and patient access.

Agenda:

  • Review the physics and hardware of cardiac PET and compare with SPECT
  • Demonstrate and understand the profound differences between the capabilities of PET vs. SPECT
  • Review currently available cardiac tracers




download

PET and Glucose Metabolism Imaging (PDF)

Purpose and audience: Supporting material for referring physicians from the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, November/December 2006




download

Case Review for PET and SPECT (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: This presentation is intended to be used by PET providers to educate referring cardiologists about PET in cardiac imaging, and to encourage appropriate utilization and patient access.

Agenda:

  • Present published data comparing the image quality and diagnostic accuracy of PET MPI to SPECT MPI in similarly matched patient types
  • Report on Rb-82 PET MPI event-free survival and prognosis
  • Demonstrate, through patient case studies, the effect of better image quality in the treatment of patients
  • Gender bias
  • BMI
  • Multi-vessel disease (MVD)




download

Myocardial Viability with PET (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: This presentation is intended to be used by PET providers to educate referring cardiologists about PET in cardiac imaging, and to encourage appropriate utilization and patient access.

Agenda:

  • Review the ischemic cascade in acute and chronic CAD
  • Review various states of myocardial viability
  • Review predictors of survival in patients with heart failure
  • Evaluate how glucose metabolism may identify high risk patients




download

Patient Types for Cardiac PET (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: This presentation is intended to be used by PET providers to educate referring cardiologists about PET in cardiac imaging, and to encourage appropriate utilization and patient access.

Agenda:

  • Review evidence indicating that specific patient types may benefit from a PET MPI study
  • Pharmacologic stress patients
  • Female patients
  • Obese patients




download

Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure with Cardiac PET (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: This presentation is intended to be used by PET providers to educate referring cardiologists about PET in cardiac imaging, and to encourage appropriate utilization and patient access.

Agenda:

  • Review collective exposure from medical imaging sources
  • Discuss examples of typical effective doses from sources of radiation
  • Review common cardiac imaging procedures and corresponding radiation exposure
  • Review ASNC’s position statement algorithm designed to minimize radiation exposure




download

Standard Myocardial Perfusion and Cardiac FDG PET Protocols and Associated Patient Radiation Doses (PDF)

Purpose and audience: Supporting material for referring physicians from Image Wisely, November 2012




download

Proposed Algorithm for Maximal Reduction in Patient Radiation Exposure (PPTX)

Purpose and audience: Supporting material for referring physicians from the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, May 2010

Additional Resources

ASNC Guidelines and Recommendations for Cardiac PET

For other DETAIL Kits from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, see below, or visit the ASNC website:  http://www.asnc.org/


download

ASNC Model Coverage Policy September 2011 (PDF)




download

ASNC PET Imaging Guidelines July 2009 (PDF)




download

ASNC Practice Points: Cardiac PET Viability with FDG (PDF)




download


ASNC Practice Points: Cardiac PET for Perfusion Imaging (PDF)




download

ASNC Radiation Reduction Recommendations May 2010 (PDF)

Patient Brochures, Press Releases, Template Letters


download

Patient Brochures for Cardiac PET Procedures 1 (PDF)




download

Patient Brochures for Cardiac PET Procedures 2 (PDF)




download

Sample Press Release: Cardiac PET for Viability (PDF)



download

Template Letter to Referring Physicians (PDF)



  © 2017 National Electrical Manufacturers Association | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions

MITA
A Division of NEMA
1300 North 17th Street, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22209

Telephone: 703.841.3200
Fax: 703.841.3392

PRESS CONTACT
Tracy Cullen
703.841.3282
Tracy.Cullen@nema.org


Widget Title Here

Copyright © 2023 · Enterprise Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in