Cedars-Sinai Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI

38th Annual Case Review with the Experts 2026

Introduction

The Cedars-Sinai Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI: 38th Annual Case Review with the Experts 2026 is a comprehensive multimodality cardiovascular imaging program focused on modern noninvasive cardiac imaging, evidence-based imaging strategies, and advanced case interpretation. Hosted at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the course emphasizes practical application of nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI in contemporary cardiovascular diagnosis and patient management.

The program integrates:

• Nuclear cardiology
• Cardiac CT angiography
• Cardiac MRI
• Coronary artery disease imaging
• Functional ischemia assessment
• Coronary flow reserve
• Plaque imaging
• Radiation reduction strategies
• Stress testing protocols
• Case-based cardiovascular imaging interpretation

into a clinically focused educational review designed around real-world imaging practice.

A defining feature of the course is its expert-led case review format, using interactive imaging cases and multidisciplinary discussions to reinforce practical diagnostic decision-making.

Course Overview

📚 Program: Cedars-Sinai Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI 2026

🏛️ Venue: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Harvey Morse Conference Center

📅 Course Dates: January 23–25, 2026

🎥 Included Content

• 4 Video Lectures
• 53 PDF Presentations

📦 Course Size: 6.07 GB

The curriculum is structured around advanced cardiovascular imaging applications, clinical guideline implementation, and practical multimodality interpretation.

Educational Focus

The course focuses on:

• Noninvasive cardiac imaging
• Multimodality cardiovascular imaging
• Nuclear perfusion imaging
• Coronary CT angiography
• Cardiac MRI interpretation
• Functional ischemia assessment
• Coronary plaque evaluation
• Value-based imaging
• Radiation safety
• Clinical imaging appropriateness

The educational content emphasizes improving image quality, interpretation accuracy, and patient-centered imaging strategies.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, learners strengthen their ability to:

• Apply evidence-based imaging strategies in cardiovascular care
• Optimize nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT protocols
• Improve interpretation of advanced cardiac imaging studies
• Recognize common imaging artifacts and pitfalls
• Implement radiation reduction techniques
• Integrate imaging findings into clinical management decisions
• Apply modern stress testing protocols
• Understand evolving guideline recommendations for cardiovascular imaging
• Improve value-based imaging utilization

The program emphasizes practical implementation of imaging knowledge into daily cardiovascular practice.

Nuclear Cardiology Review

A major component of the course focuses on nuclear cardiology applications in modern cardiovascular medicine.

Topics Include

• Myocardial perfusion imaging
• Ischemia assessment
• Coronary flow reserve
• Stress imaging protocols
• Pharmacologic stress testing
• Risk stratification
• Artifact recognition
• Image interpretation strategies

The curriculum highlights the evolving role of nuclear imaging in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning.

Cardiac CT Imaging

Extensive educational sessions review contemporary cardiac CT applications.

Covered Areas

• Coronary CT angiography
• Plaque characterization
• Coronary artery assessment
• Noninvasive fractional flow reserve
• CT-based risk evaluation
• Chest pain imaging strategies
• Aortic imaging
• Structural cardiac evaluation

The course integrates current evidence and guideline-directed imaging approaches.

Cardiac MRI Applications

Dedicated modules review cardiac MRI techniques and interpretation.

Topics Include

• Myocardial tissue characterization
• Viability imaging
• Cardiomyopathy evaluation
• Functional cardiac assessment
• Structural heart disease imaging
• MRI-based ischemia assessment

Participants learn practical approaches to integrating MRI findings into cardiovascular diagnosis and management.

Value-Based Cardiovascular Imaging

The course strongly emphasizes appropriate imaging utilization and value-based care.

Educational Topics

• Appropriate use criteria
• Evidence-based testing strategies
• Cost-conscious imaging
• Outcome-driven imaging selection
• Imaging efficiency
• Clinical decision support

The curriculum reinforces selecting the right imaging test for the right patient.

Radiation & Contrast Safety

A major educational objective involves patient safety during advanced imaging procedures.

Covered Areas

• Radiation reduction protocols
• Contrast exposure minimization
• Imaging optimization techniques
• Safer acquisition strategies
• Dose reduction technologies

The program emphasizes balancing diagnostic accuracy with patient safety.

Advanced Functional Assessment

The course reviews modern physiologic assessment methods used in cardiovascular imaging.

Topics Include

• Coronary flow reserve
• Functional ischemia assessment
• Plaque quantification
• Noninvasive FFR concepts
• Physiologic imaging integration

These sessions focus on improving diagnostic precision and clinical risk assessment.

Case-Based Learning Experience

One of the most valuable features of the program is its expert case-review format.

Educational Features

• Interactive case presentations
• Multimodality imaging discussions
• Expert panel interpretation
• Clinical imaging correlation
• Diagnostic challenge cases
• Imaging management strategies

Case-based learning helps strengthen pattern recognition and clinical interpretation skills.

Guideline & Clinical Trial Integration

The curriculum incorporates modern cardiovascular imaging evidence and practice guidelines.

Included Topics

• ESC imaging recommendations
• ACC/AHA chest pain guidance
• Registry findings
• Contemporary clinical trials
• Imaging protocol updates

The course helps clinicians integrate evolving evidence into imaging practice.

Board Preparation & Knowledge Gaps

The educational content also supports advanced imaging certification preparation.

Areas Covered

• CBNC-related concepts
• CBCCT-oriented review topics
• High-yield imaging principles
• Interpretation fundamentals
• Advanced imaging protocols

The course helps identify and address knowledge gaps relevant to advanced cardiovascular imaging boards.

Teaching Style & Educational Experience

The educational format combines:

• Expert-led lectures
• Advanced imaging reviews
• Interactive case discussions
• Clinical imaging interpretation
• Evidence-based teaching
• Multidisciplinary faculty panels

The teaching approach is highly practical and centered around real-world cardiovascular imaging challenges.

Why This Course Stands Out

Strong Multimodality Imaging Integration

Combines nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI in one comprehensive program.

Extensive Case-Based Learning

Uses expert-reviewed clinical cases to reinforce interpretation skills.

Emphasis on Practical Imaging Application

Focuses on real-world patient management and imaging utilization.

Modern Evidence & Guideline Updates

Incorporates recent cardiovascular imaging trials and recommendations.

Patient Safety Focus

Highlights radiation reduction and safer imaging protocols.

Clinical Value

The Cedars-Sinai Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI 2026 program delivers advanced cardiovascular imaging education through integrated coverage of:

• Nuclear cardiology
• Cardiac CT angiography
• Cardiac MRI
• Functional ischemia assessment
• Coronary flow reserve
• Plaque imaging
• Stress testing protocols
• Radiation safety
• Appropriate use imaging
• Multimodality cardiovascular interpretation
• Case-based imaging review
• Evidence-based cardiovascular imaging strategies

The combination of expert faculty instruction, advanced case discussions, and multimodality imaging review makes this course highly valuable for clinicians involved in modern cardiovascular imaging and noninvasive cardiac diagnostics.

Topics :

1. AI in Cardiac CTA- Quantification of Coronary Plaque- Prediction of Risk-Prediction, and Ischemia

2. Amyloid Quantitation- Decreasing Subjectivity in PYP Interpretation

3. Amyloid Specific PET Tracers

4. Beyond Perfusion with MPI- AI Analysis of CAC, Chamber Volumes, Epicardial Fat, Body Composition and Beyond

5. Beyond the Images- The Essential Role of Excercise and Functional Assessment in Cardiac Testing

6. Cardiac MRI and PET in Microvascular Disease

7. Cardiac MRI in Sarcoidosis and Other Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies

8. Case Review- CTA in Valvular Disease

9. Case-Based Interpretation of Flurpiridaz MPI

10. Central Role of Cardiac CT in Structural Heart Disease

11. Changing the Outlook in Cardiac Amyloidosis- Current and Novel Therapies

12. Choosing Between Flurpiridaz and Rubidium

13. Class IA Guideline Recommendation for Chest Pain- What Evidence Brought Coronary CTA Here

14. Clinical Value of Myocardial Blood Flow Measurement

15. Combining Anatomy and Physiology with SPECT and PET. Crucial Role of CAC Scanning in Patients

16. Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scanning- Central Role in Preventive Cardiology

17. Coronary CT in Mitral Valve and Afib- Watchman and TMVR

18. Coronary CTA and FFRct for the Interventionalist- Use in Planning and Guiding PCI

19. Coronary CTA in Asymptomatic Patients

20. Coronary CTA in Evaluation of Patients with Known CAD (Stents, CABG)

21. Coronary CTA in Evaluation of Suspected CAD in Daily Practice

22. Coronary CTA- Special Consideration for Women

23. Debate- Coronary CTA Will Replace Stress Testing

24. Evolving Trends in CAD- Shifting Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Mortality Drivers

25. FDG PET in Sarcoidosis- Practical Considerations

26. Flurpiridaz- The Ideal PET Perfusion Tracer

27. Game-Show Jeopardy- Cardiac CT, Nuclear, and CMR

28. How to Integrate Stress Myocardial Blood Flow and Flow Reserve in Clinical Reporting and Guiding Therapy

29. How to Start Using Flurpiridaz- Lab Preparation, Protocols, Exercise vs Pharmacologic Stress

30. Incorporating Artificial Intelligence in Interpreting Reports of SPECT MPI- Case Interpretations

31. Integrating Visual and Quantitative Analyses of SPECT and PET- Improving Your Scan Interpretation- Case Illustrations

32. Ischeia Evaluation with Coronary CTA- FFRct

33. MBF-MFR with Cardiac MRI- Becoming Routine in Stress MRI

34. MBF-MFR with PET- How to Perform Quality Control, Interpret and Report

35. MFR with SPECT- Ready for Prime Time-

36. MRI in Cardiac Amyloidosis- Strengths and Limitations

37. My Best Teaching Cases

38. Myocardial Bridging and Coronary Anomalies on Coronary CTA- When is Further Assessement Needed and What Should It Be

39. Myocardial Viability- CMR and FDG PET

40. Nuclear Cardiology in 2026 and Beyond

41. Perfusion and Blood Flow Quantitation- Transmural and Subendocardial

42. PET or SPECT- Right Test for the Right Patient

43. Pharmacologic Stress- Combined with Exercise or Alone- What You Need to Know

44. Plaque Imaging in Guiding Patient Management

45. Problems fo Coronary CTA- Small Stents, CAC, Breathing

46. Putting it All Together- Value-Based Use of Cardiac Imaging

47. Quantitation in Sarcoidosis Interpretation

48. Quantitative Plaque Analysis in Tracking Progression of Disease

49. Stress First SPECT Protocols- Improved Defect Detection, Stress Only Procedures

50. Tc-99m Pyrophosphate (PYP) Imaging- Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation PET-based Radiotracers

51. The Disease, the Suspicion-Diagnostic Pathways, and Treatments

52. The Future of Cardiac CT- Photon Counting CT and More