Cardiology Exam


Examination Dates, Locations & Phone Number
Continuing Education
Eligibility Requirements
Exam Content
Content Outline
Application
Item Writing
NCT Certificant Geographic Distribution


  Examination Dates, Locations & Phone Number
224 people took the 2007 NCT exam. 141 passed and 83 failed.

The Nuclear Cardiology exam is now available "on demand". This means that once you are notified that your application has been approved, you may choose when you'd like to take it, as opposed to a designated one-time examination date. Click here to download the 2008 Nuclear Cardiology Technology Specialty Examination Application Form

Applications and the required fee must be received two (2) months before the desired test date. Application receipt dates are used to determine the beginning of the application cycle. Once you have been found eligible to sit for the examination, you will receive an authorization letter listing available test sites and their telephone numbers. You will then have a six (6) month window in which to schedule your examination. To schedule, you must call no later than noon of the second business day prior to the preferred date. If a candidate fails to appear for a scheduled day and time, the candidate must reactivate his or her authorization and pay the current examination fee. If a candidate fails to make an appointment for the examination within the six (6) month scheduling window, the candidate must reactivate his or her authorization and pay one-half of the current examination fee to initiate another testing cycle.

Example dates
Application Received Processed Testing Period
April 22 Authorization letter mailed by June 22 June 22 to December 22


NOTE: If you need directions or have questions about the testing center, or your appointment time and location, contact ACT at the following number: 1-800-205-6366.


Click here to go to the Cardiology application instructions.

  Continuing Education

  • 24 SNM VOICE credits are awarded for passing the Nuclear Cardiology Exam. If you are not a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, contact them at 703-708-9000 or www.snm.org to join.

  Eligibility Requirements
A candidate for examination must show documented evidence of the following:

1. Active NMTCB, ARRT(N), or CAMRT nuclear medicine certification

2. Clinical Experience as a certified/registered nuclear medicine technologist in Nuclear Medicine Technology for a minimum of two years full-time (4,000 hours)


  Exam Content
Click here to see the more detailed exam content specifications.

The following is a list of the content for the NMTCB's Nuclear Cardiology Specialty Exam.

  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging Procedures (~50%)
    • myocardial perfusion (~38%)
    • equilibrium radionuclide angiogram, first pass studies (~8%)
    • Cardiac PET (~4%)
  • Anatomy/Physiology/Pathology (~10%)
  • Radiopharmaceuticals and Interventional Drugs (~15%)
  • Non-pharmacologic (Exercise) Stress Testing (~15%)
  • Patient Care (~10%)

  Detailed Content Outline
Click here to see the more detailed exam content specifications.


  Application
Click here to go to the Cardiology application instructions.

  Item Writing
We need your assistance. The NMTCB is in need of Nuclear Cardiology Technologists (NCT's) to write exam items for the Cardiology Specialty examination. If you are interested, please contact Robert Pagnanelli at board@nmtcb.org. We really appreciate your support!


725 people have passed the Cardiology exam since the first offering in June 2001. The geographic distribution of Certified NCT Technologists is as follows:
State/RegionNumber of Certified NCT's
Alabama26
Alaska0
Arizona12
Arkansas1
California34
Colorado6
Connecticut10
Delaware4
Florida55
Georgia33
Hawaii1
Idaho3
Illinois33
Indiana11
Iowa19
Kansas11
Kentucky7
Louisiana11
Maine2
Maryland17
Massachusetts17
Michigan23
Minnesota9
Mississippi5
Missouri44
Montana5
Nebraska1
Nevada3
New Hampshire8
New Jersey22
New Mexico2
New York37
North Carolina17
North Dakota1
Ohio18
Oklahoma4
Oregon8
Pennsylvania50
Rhode Island2
South Carolina10
South Dakota0
Tennessee33
Texas36
Utah3
Vermont1
Virginia26
Washington17
West Virginia6
Wisconsin17
Wyoming1
International3












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