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MUGA | Municipal Urban Growth Area | |
MUGA | MUltiple-Gated Acquisition | |
MUGA | multiple-gated acquisition receptor scanning | |
MUGA | Manipulation Under General Anesthesia | |
MUGA | Midland Urban Growth Area | |
MUGA | Mouse Universal Genotyping Arrays | |
MUGA | Multi Use Game Area | |
MUGA | Multi Use Games Area | |
MUGA | Multi Use Games Areas | |
MUGA | Multiple Uptake Gated Acquisition | |
MUGA | Memorial Union Games Area |
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- Radionuclide angiography is an area of nuclear medicine which specialises in imaging to show the functionality of the right and left ventricles of the heart, thus allowing informed diagnostic intervention in heart failure. It involves use of a radiopharmaceutical, injected into a patient, and a gamma camera for acquisition. A MUGA scan (multigated acquisition) involves an acquisition triggered (gated) at different points of the cardiac cycle. MUGA scanning is also called equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography, radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG), or gated blood pool imaging, as well as SYMA scanning (synchronized multigated acquisition scanning). This mode of imaging uniquely provides a cine type of image of the beating heart, and allows the interpreter to determine the efficiency of the individual heart valves and chambers. MUGA/Cine scanning represents a robust adjunct to the now more common echocardiogram. Mathematics regarding acquisition of cardiac output (Q) is well served by both of these methods as well as other inexpensive models supporting ejection fraction as a product of the heart/myocardium in systole. The advantage of a MUGA scan over an echocardiogram or an angiogram is its accuracy. An echocardiogram measures the shortening fraction of the ventricle and is limited by the user's ability. Furthermore, an angiogram is invasive and, often, more expensive. A MUGA scan provides a more accurate representation of cardiac ejection fraction.
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