Nuclear heart scan
Alternative names
RNV; Cardiac blood pooling imaging; nuclear ventriculography; Radionuclide ventriculography; MUGA
Definition
nuclear ventriculography (MUGA or RNV) is a test that uses radioactive tracers to make heart chambers and blood vessels visible. The procedure is non-invasive. The heart structures are not touched by instruments.
Check nuclear ventriculography (MUGA or RNV)
Last revised: December 8, 2012
by Brenda A. Kuper, M.D.
by Brenda A. Kuper, M.D.
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