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1a: History
1b: Guidelines
1c: Epidemiology
1d: Structure
1e: Circulation
Lesson 1 REVIEW

2a: Anomalies
2b: Dextrocardia
2c: Coronary Arteries
2d: Indicators of Function
Lesson 2 REVIEW

3a: Electrophysiology
3b: Conduction
3c: Action Potential
3d: Autonomic System
Lesson 3 REVIEW

4a: Electrocardiography
4b: EKG Slideshow
4c: EKG Interpretation
4d: Myocardial Damage
Lesson 4 REVIEW

5a: Cardiovascular Disease
5b: Coronary Syndromes
5c: Atherosclerosis
5d: Myocardial Infarction
5e: Cardiac Stress Testing
5f: Cardiac Medications
5g: Revascularization
Lesson 5 REVIEW

6a: Diagnostic Imaging
6b: Radiopharmaceuticals
6c: Thallium Scintigraphy
6d: Tc99m MPI Agents
6e: PET Imaging
6f: Blood Pool Imaging
6g: Cardiac Function
Lesson 6 REVIEW

7a: Planar Cardiac Imaging
7b: Cardiac SPECT Imaging
7c: Cardiac SPECT Anatomy
7d: Interpretation
7e: Attenuation Correction
Lesson 7 REVIEW

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Seminars in Nuclear Cardiology (nuclearcardiologyseminars.net) is a private, free, noncommercial website.  The author/editor of the content in this web site is Lorraine T. Nott, RT (N), CNMT, a licensed and registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist.  Ms. Nott holds an Associates in Science degree in the field of Nuclear Medicine Technology earned in 1980 at South Central Community College (known today as Gateway Community /Technical College).   Clinical practicum was served at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and The Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven Connecticut.

She has been an employee and Clinical Instructor at Rhode Island Hospital, a teaching and research center, since 1992. Ms. Nott was involved in Beta Testing of the Vantage ExSPECT-2 attenuation correction software with ADAC laboratories in the mid-1990's.  Under the direction of Cardiologist Dr. Lynne Johnson, numerous patient, phantom and new drug and radiopharmaceutical research studies were published using imaging data acquired by Ms. Nott.*  As Didactic Instructor of Nuclear Cardiology, she was a faculty member of the School of Diagnostic Imaging from 2000 through 2006.  This presentation is owned and operated by Lorraine T. Nott of  1044 Hartford Pike, Dayville, CT 06241-1712, USA.

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The sole purpose of this web site is to provide educational material for students of Nuclear Medicine Technology, or technologists who wish to broaden their knowledge base in nuclear cardiology.  As this guide was originally published to include material from our Department Procedure Manual, specific brand and product names may be referenced. It is the author's intention that this web site serve as a review for the Nuclear Cardiology Specialty Examination.

The content written and compiled by the author is the result of twenty-eight years of professional experience in the field of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Lorraine Nott is a 1980 graduate of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital and earned an Associates in Science degree from South Central Community College (now known as Gateway Community Technical College) in New Haven, CT.

This presentation was originally created for use as a free student handbook and is updated yearly. The material has been arranged by the author according to a lesson plan which had been endorsed by the RIH School of Nuclear Medicine Technology, accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology. Intellectual and graphical material presented in this course is to be used solely for educational instruction.

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* TIMI, BARI, VEGEF, Vantage vs breast attenuation, 99mTc-Glucarate, and Myocardial Stunning in CAD (Serial  Reproducibility) to name a few

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