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Nuclear Cardiology
High-Precision Stress & MPI Reporting Made Simple
Faster, More Accurate Diagnostic Decisions
Coordinating all relevant multistage exercise, ECG testing and imaging data requires a meticulous, organized workflow. The ASCEND Nuclear Cardiology module harmonizes your entire stress and nuclear dataset, gathering rest, stress, and perfusion metrics into a single, cohesive clinical timeline.
Multi-Phase Stress Tables
Dedicated documentation tabs capture data across both the Stress phase and the Imaging phase seamlessly, keeping chronologies perfectly organized.
Multi-Phase Stress Tables
Dedicated documentation tabs capture data across both the Stress phase and the Imaging phase seamlessly, keeping chronologies perfectly organized.
Integrated ECG Findings
Quickly document repolarization abnormalities, rhythm variations, and resting anomalies within a dedicated baseline and stress ECG tracking interface
Structured MPI Findings
Input precise perfusion data into an organized MPI-specific findings array, converting visual scan interpretations into database-ready clinical text.
Image Analysis Integration
Full integration with your image review workstation to import the complete spectrum of perfusion data and optionally embed key clinical images directly into the final document.
Unified Stress and Imaging Lifecycles
The Nuclear Cardiology module tracks the patient's journey from baseline vitals through stress protocols and ECG results to final image interpretation, ASCEND provides a clear structured format that enhances diagnostic accuracy and report clarity.
Key Capabilities:
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Multi-Phase Stress Tables: Dedicated documentation tabs capture data across both the Stress phase and the Imaging phase seamlessly, keeping chronologies perfectly organized.
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Integrated ECG Findings: Quickly document repolarization abnormalities, rhythm variations, and resting anomalies within a dedicated baseline and stress ECG tracking interface.
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Structured MPI Findings: Input precise perfusion data into an organized MPI-specific findings array, converting visual scan interpretations into database-ready clinical text.
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Image Analysis Integration: Full integration with your image review workstation import the complete spectrum of perfusion data and optionally embed key clinical images directly into the final document. Native reporting capabilities that are far more integrated with EHR and treadmill data, far more user friendly than the basic reporting capabilities of native nuclear analysis software and fully integrated with your multimodality service line clinical and operational data.
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Beyond stress and myocardial perfusion imaging, the Ascend nuclear cardiology module has full support for amyloid and inflammotory (e.g., sarcoid) imaging.
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Why Nuclear Medicine Physicians Choose ASCEND:
ASCEND provides a comprehensive reporting platform that transforms your stress ECG and imaging data into an optimized report and dataset, empowering your facility with operational analytics, cohort identification, and support for quality initiatives, teaching cases, and drive clinical research.
Comprehensive for a wide range of studies, each backed by dedicated content and templates tailored to streamline your workflow and enhance reporting precision. Study types we support:
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Stress myocardial perfusion imaging
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Radionuclide ventriculography
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Amyloid imaging
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FDG studies for viability and inflammatory conditions
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Stress testing without imaging
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
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Experience a structured reporting workflow designed to simplify processes, improve consistency, and elevate the quality. Key features include:
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Automatic generation of perfusion defect descriptions
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Impressions supporting ASNC and IAC guidelines
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IAC placeholders
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Calcium score percentiles
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Overall defect side-by-side with diagrams
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Dynamic control of narrative and table display
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Support for dual signer workflow
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Robust reporting template configurability
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The integration of disparate systems into a cohesive, streamlined workflow is essential for enhancing efficiency, reducing errors, and improving patient care in cardiac nuclear medicine. Supported integrations include:
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Stress systems on the ASCEND approved device list,
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INVIA 4DM versions 2017, 2023, and 2024 with support for additional fields as they become available.
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Structured reports yield standardized, data-rich outputs that are easy to analyze. This uniformity not only facilitates better clinical decision-making but also supports robust analytics for research and quality improvement initiatives including:
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Study volumes by type and physician
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Turnaround times
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Usage and AUC
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Complication rates
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Teaching case lists
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Overdue nuclear reports
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Study Finder using report text search
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And more!
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