References

The following is a list of references and guidelines that may be helpful in reviewing for the examination. This listing is intended for use as a study aid only. The CBNC does not intend the list to imply endorsement of these specific references, nor are the test questions taken from these sources.

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Guidelines

ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM
2009 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging.
CirculationAHA.109.192519 or J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;119:000-000. Click for Details and Data Supplement

Cerqueira, MD, Weissman, NG, Dilsizian V, et al. Standardized Myocardial Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart. A statement for healthcare professionals from the cardiac imaging committee of the council on clinical cardiology of the American Heart Association. J Nucl Cardiol 2002; 9: 240-5 or Circulation. 2002;105:539-54: Click for Details.

Fleisher LA, Beckman JA, Brown KA, et al. ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines On Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery) developed in collaboration with the American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, and Society for Vascular Surgery. Circulation 2007;116:e418-500 and J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50:e159-242 Click for Details

Klocke FJ, Baird MG, Lorell BH, et al. ACC/AHA/ASNC Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging-Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42(7):1318-33 Click for Details

Nuclear Cardiology

Amanullah, Aman M. (ed). Nuclear Cardiology Knowledge Self-Assessment Program. American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Bethesda, MD, rev. 2007. Click for Details

DePuey EG, Berman DS, Garcia, EV (eds). Cardiac SPECT Imaging. 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2001. Click for Details

Dilsizian V and Narula J, (eds). Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology, 3rd edition, Braunwald E (series ed), Current Medicine Group, Inc., Philadelphia, 2009. Click for Details

Germano G, Berman DS. Clinical Gated Cardiac SPECT, 2nd edition. Wily-Blackwell 2006. Click for Details

Heller GV, Hendel, RC. Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003. Click for Details

Iskandrian AS and Garcia EV. Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Principles and Applications. 4th edition, Oxford University Press, New York, NY 2008. Click for Details

Wackers, FJTh, Bruni, W, Zaret, BL. Nuclear Cardiology, the Basics: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory. 2nd edition, Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2008. Click for Details

Zaret BL and Beller GA (eds). Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions. 3rd edition, Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 2005. Click for Details

Nuclear Medicine/Nuclear Cardiology Botvinick EH (ed) Cardiology Combo Topics 1-8. Society of Nuclear Medicine. 2006. Click for Details

Early PJ and Sodee, DB (eds). Principles and Practice of Nuclear Medicine. 2nd edition, Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1994. [NOTE: This reference is recommended, especially for cardiologists, for reviewing "physics" and "technical aspects" of nuclear medicine.] Click for Details

English, RJ: SPECT: A Primer, 3rd ed. Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1996. Click for Details

General Cardiology

Braunwald, E (ed): Heart Disease: Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th edition, Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. Click for Details

Stress Testing

Ellestad MH. Stress Testing: Principles and Practice, 5th ed. Oxford University Press, New York, 2003. Click for Details

Radiation Physics

Chandra R, Nuclear Medicine Physics: The Basics, 6th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkin. 2004. Click for Details

Cherry SR, Sorensen JA, Phelps MC. Physics in Nuclear Medicine, 3rd ed. Saunders. 2003. Click for Details