Purpose
MUGA is typically ordered for the following patients:
- With known or suspected coronary artery disease, to diagnose the disease and predict outcomes
- With lesions in their heart valves
- 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 cardiotoxic drug agents such as in chemotherapy e.g., with doxorubicin or immunotherapy (herceptin)
- Who have had a cardiac transplant
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