title: Routinely performed multigated blood pool imaging (MUGA) as a predictor of postoperative complications of lung resection. A two-year retrospective.
abstract: The results of routinely performed multigated blood pool studies (MUGA) were compared with the presence of postthoracotomy complications in 46 adult men in a retrospective chart review. Pulmonary function measurements were also examined in relation to the presence of complications experienced. There was only one death, but survivable complications were not predicted by the MUGA results. The addition of MUGA as a routine preoperative cardiac screening technique did not result in increased ability to predict postoperative cardiopulmonary complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ghent
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bolton
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weiman
mesh_terms: D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013908:Thoracotomy