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Multiple Gated Equilibrium Blood Pool Imaging (MUGA)

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In 1925, Herrmann Blumgart used radioactive indicators in human beings for evaluation of cardiac function. Prinzmetal and colleagues were the first to publish firstpass radionuclide angiography (RNA) results in normal subjects and those with valvular and congenital heart disease, using intravenous injection of Na-24 [1]. With the advent of computers in the 1970s, images were evaluated quantitatively and compared for dynamic changes that occur within a cardiac cycle. In 1971, Strauss and colleagues introduced the concept of using electrocardiography (ECG) to trigger image frame acquisition [2].

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Kumar, R. (2009). Multiple Gated Equilibrium Blood Pool Imaging (MUGA). In: Movahed, A., Gnanasegaran, G., Buscombe, J., Hall, M. (eds) Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78674-0_29

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