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What Is the MUGA scan?

A MUGA scan—the acronym for multiple gated acquisition scan—is an outdated test used to examine the ventricles (lower chambers) of the heart. A MUGA scan is a noninvasive, nuclear medicine test that ...
Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...