Abstract
Each year, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Cardiology (JSNC) annual scientific meeting holds a young investigator competition (YIA) session. Until 2013, each candidate under the age of 40 submitted their published work prior to the meeting and the top 3 candidates presented their work at the YIA session. Although the previous format provided excellent data to the audiences, the presented data was actually a number of years old by the time it was presented. Therefore, last year, the JSNC executive committee changed the format of YIA. From the abstracts submitted to the JSNC annual meeting, the top 3 by candidates under the age of 40 were selected to be considered for YIA. The 3 YIA candidates made a presentation at the YIA session. The 3 abstracts included the latest findings in nuclear cardiology on topics including cardiac sarcoidosis, risk stratification, and CT myocardial perfusion.
