This free application will help guide you through the process of determining whether cardiac radionuclide
imaging (RNI) is appropriate for your patient, based on the 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria, a report of the
American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, the American Society of
Nuclear Cardiology, the American College of Radiology, the American Heart Association, the American
Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the Society for
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
By entering information about your patient, you will see on a scale of 1-9 if the patient indication is
appropriate (7-9), uncertain (4-6), or inappropriate (1-3) for RNI, per the criteria. Some of the questions
that may be asked with regard to your patient include:
- Is the patient within 3 months of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)?
- Has the patient undergone prior revascularization?
- Has the patient undergone prior imaging?
- Does the patient have ischemic-equivalent symptoms?
This application was developed using the guidance for AUC described in Hendel RC, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol.
2009;53:2201-2229. Repurposed by permission from Elsevier Inc.
Please note: these criteria are intended to provide guidance for clinicians, and are not intended to serve
as substitutes for sound clinical judgment and practice experience, nor do they provide information
regarding the technical aspects of imaging or delineate training/performance requirements. Additionally,
they are not intended to serve as any indication (either approval or denial) of medical insurance coverage
for the described tests. The content or material Astellas Pharma US, Inc. provides herein is for
informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical, legal, financial, investment, or other
professional advice or opinion.
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