Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography (ERNA) Flashcards
what is MUGA stand for?
Multiple Gated Aquilibrium
What is ERNA/MUGA used for?
ERNA/MUGA is performed to access left ventricular global and regional wall motion and to measure left ventricular ejection fraction
indication for MUGA
- Evaluation of left ventricular regional wall motion
- Quantitate ventricular ejection fraction
- Monitor cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin
- Differentiate pulmonary and cardiac causes of dyspnea
patient prep for MUGA
- 3 lead ECG
- standard patient prep for resting patient
- for stressing patient NPO 3-4.
technique for MUGA?
- patient supine
- image 10-20 min after injection
- view 45 LAO with 10-15 caudal tilt, ANT, LLAT
- 200-250k/frame in 5-10 mins
- count density should > 20000 counts/cm2
- or 24/32 frames/ cycle (<30miliseconds/frame),
- must >16 frames/cycle
Equipment for doing MUGA?
LFOV (40cm) with electronic magnification to a 25cm FOV or SFOV (25cm)
Window 20%
Collimator for doing MUGA
LEGP parallel hole
LEHR parallel hole
Dose and Rp for MUGA study?
20-25mCi Tc99m- labeled RBC
what is the matrix for ERNA/MUGA
64x64
how to process the data of ERNA/MUGA?
- Draw ROI around left ventricle during end diastole( usually 1st or 2rd frame with highest count)
- draw ROI around left ventricle during end systole( usually frame with the lowest count)
- on the LAO image, draw ROI as bkg to the right of the left ventricle
- Spect acquisition is optional
In-ViVo method
85% efficiency
1. Inject 1mg stannous Pyrophosphate and wait 10-20 to have RBC bonding to
2. Inject 25mCi Tc99m-04, wait 5-10 min, then imaging
Modified In-ViVo
90% efficiency
1. inject 1mg stannous Pyrophosphate wait 20-30 min
2. draw 3-5ml blood into syringe with ACD or heparin and 25mCi Tc99m-04
3. wait 10 then mix and reinject to patient
In-Vitro
95% efficiency
1. draw 1ml ACD or heparin and 0.5-1 mg stannous pyrophosphate into a syringe
2. withdraw 5-10 ml of blood into the syringe
3. gently mix and wait 20min
4. add 25mCi Tc99m-04, gently mix and wait 10min then reinject to patient
Ultra RBC tag
> 95% efficiency
1. withdraw 1 to 3 ml blood in a syringe with 1ml ACD or heparin
2. inject into reaction vial allow 5 mins for the blood to react, and add syringe I and syringe II
3. add 10-100mCi of Tc-99m-04 to the reaction vial (maximum volume of 3 ml) allow 20 mins for labeling, then inject 25 mCi of Tc-99m-04-Tagged RBCs into the patient and begin imaging
what factors effect to labeling blood?
- technical factor
- drugs factor:
- decreased hematocrit
- iodinated contrast within 24 hours
- immune disorder