Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Ejection Fraction Study, Gated Cardiac Scan, MUGA Scan, Radionuclide Angiography, Scan, Cardiac Blood Pool, Wall Motion Study

Why It Is Done

A cardiac blood pool scan is done to:

• Check the size of the heart chambers (ventricles).
• Check the pumping action of the lower ventricles.
• Look for an abnormality in the wall of the ventricles, such as an aneurysm.
• Look for abnormal movement of blood between the heart chambers.

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Author:	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS Robin Parks, MS	Last Updated: September 13, 2007
Medical Review:	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
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