In order to better serve our referring physicians and their patients, Nebraska Advanced Radiology is in the process of expanding the services they currently offer. The Multi-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) of Heart is a new service offered by the clinic.

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The Multi-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) of the Heart is an extremely useful noninvasive tool for assessing the function of the heart. From the test, the MUGA scan produces a moving image of the beating heart; which is then used to determine the health of cardiac ventricles.

The MUGA of the Heart procedure is especially important post-chemotherapy, and calculates the function of the heart’s left ventricle.

According to Medical-Dictionary (The Free Dictionary), MUGA of the Heart procedures are commonly used to test patients:

• With known or suspected coronary artery disease, to diagnose the disease and predict outcomes.
• With lesions in their heart valves.
• Who have recently had a heart attack, to assess damage to heart tissue and predict the likelihood of future cardiac events.
• With congestive heart failure.
  
• Who have undergone percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or medical therapy, to assess the efficacy of the treatment.
• With low cardiac output after open-heart surgery.
• Who are undergoing chemotherapy.