Cardiac Study Guide II of II

1. Identify sources that cause a false positive Tl-201 scan. Ans

2. Evaluate patient prognosis based on MPI result: with and without prior MI. Ans

3. Compare and contrast first pass to MUGA. Ans


4. Analyze first pass time activity curves to determine the presence of a shunt. Ans


5. Identify the different methods of labeling RBCs and determine which technique has the best target to background. Ans


6. Identify the different methods of gating a blood pool study (forward, reverse, and list mode) Ans


7. Calculate an EF of the LV via MUGA and first pass. Ans


8. Compare global to regional ejection fraction. Discussed in class


9. Explain the MUGA acquisition process. Ans


10. Define wall motion terms and relate to appropriate disease. Ans


11. Discuss temporal and spatial filtering as related to MUGA imaging. Ans


12. Define and apply phase and amplitude analysis. Ans


13. Explain the quantified images seen in a first pass procedure. Ans


14. Identify the pathphysiology and imaging properties of the different radiopharmaceuticals used in PET cardiology (¹⁵O, ¹³NH₃, FDG, ⁸²RB) Ans


15. Identify cardiac protocol for FDG viability and ⁸²RB stress/rest. Ans

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