| Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives |
| 8923 | conduct rational and cost effective strategies for cardiac investigation of chest pain syndromes |
| 8924 | describe Bayes Theorem as it relates to evaluation of chest pain |
| 8925 | list appropriate indications for stress testing and appropriate safety precautions |
| 8926 | list the components of stress test response indicative of myocardial ischemia |
| 8927 | describe the principles that allow nuclear cardiac flow imaging to distinguish areas of infarction ischemia |
| 8928 | describe indications for using nuclear cardiac flow imaging as follows: (a) after screening treadmill stress testing and (b) as a primary diagnostic/prognostic test |
| 8929 | describe the advantages/disadvantages of nuclear cardiac flow imaging and treadmill stress testing in diagnosis/prognosis of coronary artery disease |
| 8930 | list the 3 main coronary arteries and their major branches |
| 8931 | describe the advantages and limitations of coronary angiography as a diagnostic test |
| 8932 | list the most frequent complications of coronary angiography and their incidence |
| 8933 | describe the technique of performing a resting gated nuclear blood pool scan (MUGA Scan) |
| 8934 | discuss the relative merits of MUGA Scan, left ventricular contrast angiography, echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT in the determination of left ventricular segmental and global function including accuracy, reproducibility, cost and risk |
| 8935 | list the common diagnostic uses and limitations of echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT |
| 8936 | Describe the indications and relative merits of various forms of ambulatory ECG monitoring |
| 8937 | Discuss the relative merits of Holter monitoring, signal averaged ECG’s and electrophysiological studies for evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias |
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