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fourboysmom · 07-19-2006, 09:29 PM

Hi Sherry, Google in MUGA scores and you can learn about it. It is kind of like a CT scan of your heart where they take various photos of your heart after injecting radioactive nucleotides? in your blood ( a small amount). They can monitor the ejection fraction time of the heart, essentially how well the heart pumps. Herceptin, over time has the potential to adversely affect this. Your onc should book this with Nuclear Medicine if you are receiving herceptin....Good luck, Janet

07-19-2006, 09:29 PM	#2
fourboysmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 62	Hi Sherry, Google in MUGA scores and you can learn about it. It is kind of like a CT scan of your heart where they take various photos of your heart after injecting radioactive nucleotides? in your blood ( a small amount). They can monitor the ejection fraction time of the heart, essentially how well the heart pumps. Herceptin, over time has the potential to adversely affect this. Your onc should book this with Nuclear Medicine if you are receiving herceptin....Good luck, Janet __________________ *If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.* Last edited by fourboysmom; 07-19-2006 at 10:16 PM..