LESSON 1

• HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

• PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES FOR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGISTS

• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM : STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

• EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM : VALVES AND VESSELS

LESSON 2

• DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES

• DEXTROCARDIA AND IMAGING CONSIDERATIONS

• MYOCARDIAL BLOOD SUPPLY AND NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS

• INDICATORS OF CARDIAC FUNCTION

LESSON 3

• ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIAC MUSCLE AND THE CARDIAC CYCLE

• CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM

• ACTION POTENTIAL

• THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

LESSON 4

• WHAT AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TELLS US ABOUT THE HEART

• NORMAL RHYTHM PATTERNS

• ARRHYTHMIA

• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MARKERS OF ISCHEMIA and SCAR

LESSON 5

• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

• CORONARY SYNDROMES

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

• STRESS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

• CARDIAC MEDICATIONS

• CARDIAC REVASCULARIZATION

LESSON 6

• DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING MODALITIES

• RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS

• THALLIUM SCINTIGRAPHY

• Tc99m MPI AGENTS

• POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING

• BLOOD POOL IMAGING

• QUANTIFICATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION

LESSON 7

• PLANAR MYOCARDIAL IMAGING

• CARDIAC SPECT IMAGING

• CARDIAC SPECT ANATOMY

• CARDIAC SPECT INTERPRETATION

• ATTENUATION CORRECTION