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Your body will get rid of it through your kidneys within about 24 hours.

The disks have wires that hook to an electrocardiograph machine to record your ECG. The ECG tracks your heartbeat during the test. 

For an “exercise” scan, will generally walk on a treadmill or ride a stationary bicycle until you reach your peak activity level.

In some labs you may lie on a table and pedal a specially mounted bicycle

chemotherapy, such as anthracyclines, may damage the heart during cancer treatment.

heart damage from these drugs can cause congestive heart failure (CHF; a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to the rest of the body)

arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat)

heart damage is mild and is only detected on MUGA scans

performed by a nuclear medicine technologist who has been specially trained and certified to conduct the test

The technologist is supervised by a radiologist (a medical doctor who specializes in using imaging tests to diagnose disease) or a nuclear medicine physician. The scan results are interpreted by a radiologist.

place stickers called electrodes on your chest to monitor your heart’s electrical activity during the test and inject a small amount of a radioactive material, called a tracer, into a vein in your arm. Sometimes the test is done by withdrawing a small amount of blood from your arm, mixing it with the tracer, and then putting that mixture back into your body through an IV (a tiny plastic tube inserted directly into a vein).

The radioactive material is like a dye, and it binds to your red blood cells (cells that carry oxygen throughout your body), making it easier to see how blood moves through your heart.

special camera—which is about three feet wide and uses gamma rays to track the tracer—above your chest.

nitroglycerin (multiple brand names; a drug that opens your blood vessels) during the test to see how your heart responds to the medication.

two to three hours to complete

ejection fraction (the amount of blood pumped out of the ventricles).

A result of 50% or higher is considered normal, meaning that your heart is efficiently pumping blood throughout your body

an abnormal result may mean you have a blockage in an artery, poor pumping function, heart valve disease, or other disorder.

switch treatments or give you a different type of chemotherapy.

What are the risks and benefits of having a MUGA scan?

What will happen if I don’t have this procedure?

What will happen during the procedure?

technetium into your vein

substance attaches to red blood cells and passes through the heart.

Special cameras or scanners trace the substance as it moves through the heart area. The red blood cells inside the heart that carry the radioactive material form an image that the camera sees. The camera is synchronized with an electrocardiogram. Using computer software, the images are made to appear as if the heart is moving.

The test will show how well the blood is pumping through different parts of the heart.

The test also can check the motion of different parts of the heart. If one part of the heart is moving poorly while the others move well, it may mean that there has been damage to that part of the heart, possibly from a blockage in the artery that delivers blood to that area.

Blockages in the coronary arteries (coronary artery disease)Heart valve diseaseOther cardiac disorders that weaken the heart Past heart attack (myocardial infarction)Poor pumping function

Atrial septal defectDilated cardiomyopathyHeart failureIdiopathic cardiomyopathyPeripartum cardiomyopathySenile cardiac amyloidTesting whether a medicine has affected heart function

small amount of radiation.

lower dose of radiation than an occurs from an X-ray

electrocardiogram

(ECG), a test that detects electrical activity in the heart

different intervals in the heart’s cycle

an (MUGA) or radionuclide ventriculography (RNV).

, which shows the strength of the heart’s contraction

determine the location of a pumping problem in your heart chambers.

gain information about or diagnose other conditions.

avoid caffeine for 48 hours before the test.

The nuclear substance used during the test may be passed to the fetus or excreted in breast milk.

metal plate or screw in your body, inform your doctor and the technician.

remove all metal from your body

hospital gown so the technican has access to your ches

metal plate or screw in your body

It is normal to feel flushed or chilled as the radioactive tracer makes its way into your body

The technician will apply electrodes to different areas on your chest for the electrocardiogram.

special type of camera and begin taking pictures.

change positions in order to get certain images

exercise stress test in

heart performs during activity