ICNC 11, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT

Five studies have been selected as winners in the best regional abstract competition – two from Europe - Germany and The Netherlands, one from the United States, one from Argentina, and one from Japan. Our Top honours and congratulations go to the winners.
Find out who won and access the abstracts

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs, an established treatment for cancer patients, could offer a novel therapeutic approach to decrease levels of inflammation in the atherosclerotic plaques of patients with CVD reports an abstract study at the ICNC11, International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT.  Read more

A new stress test protocol that investigates reducing the use of perfusion imaging in low risk patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for possible angina symptoms was found to be diagnostically safe, revealed a US retrospective analysis.  The study predicted that using exercise ECG stress testing alone in patients with high exercise capacity would have had no adverse effects on their prognosis at five years.  Read more

With a particularly strong focus on abstracts and young researchers this year, don't miss the oral sessions, the Young Investigator Award session, best regional abstracts from around the world and all the great research presented in the poster area.

More info on the sessions and access to the abstracts here