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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
DeBakey, Michael E. and Gotto, Antonio M., Jr. "Noninvasive Diagnostic Procedures." In The New Living Heart. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1997, pp. 59–70.
Klingensmith III, M.D., Wm. C., Dennis...
Eshima, Ph.D., John Goddard, Ph.D. Nuclear Medicine Procedure Manual 2000-2001.
"Radionuclide Angiography." In Cardiac Stress Testing &Imaging, edited by Thomas H. Marwick. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1996, pp. 517–21.
Raizner, Albert E. "Nuclear Cardiology Testing." In: Indications for Diagnostic Procedures: Topics in Clinical Cardiology. New York, Tokyo: Igaku-Shon, 1997, pp. 44–47.
Texas Heart Institute. "Diagnosing Heart Diseases." In TexasHeart Institute Heart Owner's Handbook. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, p. 333.
Ziessman, Harvey, ed. The Radiologic Clinics of North America, Update on Nuclear Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 2001.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Heart Association. National Center. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231-4596. (214) 373-6300.
Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Service. P.O. Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345. (800) 292-2221.
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A MUGA scan (Multi Gated Acquisition Scan) is a nuclear medicine test to evaluate the function of the heart ventricles. It is also called Radionuclide Angiography. It provides a movie-like image of the beating heart, and allows the doctor to determine the health of the heart’s major pumping chambers. The advantages of MUGA is that it is more accurate than an echocardiogram and it is non-invasive.
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If you need heart surgery, you don't want a surgeon who only got a C in medical school. The same principle applies in helping people with mental illnesses.
-Ken Duckworth
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