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This introductory podcast welcomes attendees to the 12th Annual Scientific Session and provides an overview of the program. Our Program Chair, Dr. Brian Abbott, offers insights into some of the many noteworthy offerings that are sure to make ASNC2007 a valuable experience.

At the 12th Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer was Dr. Robert O. Bonow. In his address, "Cardiovascular Imaging: Value Added, or Added Cost?" Dr. Bonow assessed the weight of evidence linking cardiovascular imaging with patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

In the keynote address, Dr. Raymond J. Gibbons outlined the developing crisis in U.S. healthcare costs. He then surveyed situations in which myocardial perfusion imaging is considered, with special attention to decreasing the frequency of inappropriate cardiovascular studies and amassing better evidence for uncertain scenarios.

Late-breaking trials reported progress in half-time SPECT, in SPECT assessment of dyssynchrony, in scintigraphic assessment of heart-failure prognosis, and also some surprising findings regarding resolution of silent ischemia in diabetes. Among young investigators, the winning research related heightened female cardiovascular risk in diabetes to gender differences in myocardial metabolism.

In the continuing integration of computed tomography into nuclear cardiology practice, the controversies range from radiation dosage to the interpretation and use of CT findings at varying stages of cardiovascular disease. In the midst of ASNC's 12th Annual Scientific Session, two experts surveyed the issues, current and future.