Cardiac blood pool scan

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A multi-gated (MUGA) cardiac blood scanpool scan (sometimes just called a MUGA scan) is a common study performed in patients who are receiving potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy. 

Indications

  • acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
  • coronary artery disease (CAD)
  • evaluation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  • cardiomyopathy/myocarditis
  • assessment of drug therapy
  • pulmonary disease
    • right ventricular (RV) enlargement
    • cor pulmonale
    • normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, wall motion and chamber size strongly suggests a pulmonary aetiology

Tracer dose and route of administration

  • Tc-labelled RBC

Technique

  • patient in normal sinus rhythm
  • IV administration of Tc-labeled RBC
  • ECG gated – with R wave gating
  • minimum of 16 frames/cardiac cycle
  • at rest and exercise
First pass study

This is obtained by injecting a compact bolus of suitable radiopharmaceutical intravenously.

  • major advantage: data collected rapidly over very few cardiac cycles allows measurement of ventricular function at peak stress during exercise ventriculography
  • major disadvantage: counting statistics are low and only a limited number of views are possible

Analysis

  • qualitative analysis
  • quantitative analysis
  • functional parameters
    • wall motion assessment (regional and global)
    • end-diastolic (ED) and end-systolic (ES) ventricular volumes
    • stroke volume
    • cardiac output
    • ejection fraction (LV and RV)
    • regurgitant fraction (stroke index ratio)
    • ventricular filling and emptying rates
    • cardiac shunt quantitation
      • left to right shunts: evaluated using the first transit technique (not equilibrium)
      • right to left shunts: evaluated using Tc-99m labelled macroaggregated albumin and comparing ratio of tracer in the lung to tracer gaining access to the systemic circulation
  • -<p>A multi-gated (MUGA) <strong>cardiac blood scan scan</strong> (sometimes just called a <strong>MUGA scan</strong>) is a common study performed in patients who are receiving potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy. </p><h4>Indications</h4><ul>
  • -<li><a title="Acute myocardial infarction" href="/articles/myocardial-infarction">acute myocardial infarction (AMI)</a></li>
  • +<p>A multi-gated (MUGA) <strong>cardiac blood pool scan</strong> (sometimes just called a <strong>MUGA scan</strong>) is a common study performed in patients who are receiving potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy. </p><h4>Indications</h4><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/myocardial-infarction">acute myocardial infarction (AMI)</a></li>

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