Printable Stress Test Worksheets & (Nuclear) Cardiology Lab Documentation

Updated on May 10th, 2018 by Jim McGee, BS CNMT

The documents here are useful to CNMTs & Cardiologists who perform Nuclear Stress Tests (or even just Excercise Tolerance Tests).

I created these documents during my 11 years as the Technical Director of a Nuclear Cardiology lab & 7 years as Founder/CEO of NuclearCardiologyReports.com:

• We provide the NucReporter: ICANL-Compliant SPECT/PET MPI Reporting Software

If you want to access/download all of these documents, simply complete the form below & we’ll email you the download link immediately.

Optimized for the NucReporter

These worksheets / checklists are optimized for the NucReporter.

They enable Cardiologists to save a lot of time by quickly recording:

• Stress Test Findings

… so that CNMTs can then enter that data into the NucReporter.

• Calculate Your Time-Savings with the NucReporter (ROI Calculator)

Although Optimized for the NucReporter…

• These worksheets are a great way for any lab that performs stress tests
• To quickly & accurately record their test results

Printable Stress Test Worksheets [PDF]:

Myocardial Perfusion Image Interpretation Checklist:

Allows rapid interpretation Nuclear Cardiology Images.

The terminology is consistent with the latest ASNC Standards for Reporting which came out in September of 2017:

•   ASNC Standardized Reporting Guidelines 2017

Although the checklist is optimized for use with the NucReporter, feel free to use it for your own purposes.

• The image below is the front side of the checklist
• The wall motion / compare to previous, etc. is on the other (back) side

Patient Preparation Documents:

Back in 2008, I attended a 3 day test preparation course for the NCT (Nuclear Cardiology Technologist) certification exam, which was sponsored by the SNMMI.

The presenters of that course (which included Mary Beth Farrell & Mark Hyun) pointed us to the following article as a good reference point for optimal patient preparation for MPI patients:

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Best Patient Prep Article

Based upon that article, I created the following documents for our Nuclear Cardiology Lab for patient prep.

I do not guarantee that the documents below adhere 100% to that article, and best practices may have changed since then, but it probably still serves as a good baseline.

Please consult with the above article & do your own due diligence for complete patient preparation instructions.

From Astellas: Resources for Your Patients

Astellas offers PDFs that explain to patients how to prepare how to prepare for the test, and others educate about Nuclear Stress Testing & Coronary Artery Disease in general.

You can upload your practice’s name, address and logo so that they will all appear on the first page of the PDFs.  I tried it, and this feature actually works perfectly.

Click here to go to Astellas’ patient resources homepage.

Do you have any questions on how to implement these documents in your lab? Know of any other helpful documentation?