A critique should be done with sensitivity, serving the higher purposes of improvement in performance and delivery of a better product. Performance of echocardiography and the translation and ...

Dr. Sheetal R. Patel, MD, discusses how advances in early fetal echocardiography—performed before 18 weeks—are transforming ...

Recently I provided an overview of my experience with the coronary calcium scan, a comfortable, non-invasive, and inexpensive test that allows docs to see inside heart arteries. The test determines ...

A stress echocardiogram is an imaging test that monitors the functioning of the heart by inducing a stress test, a stimulus that facilitates a stressful environment within the heart. Through ...

Fetal echo is short for fetal echocardiogram, an ultrasound test doctors use to look for congenital heart disease (CHD). This disease affects around 1% of births each year and encompasses a wide range ...

Over-reliance of traditional clinical findings and symptoms can potentially delay diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF), prolonging the time to appropriate therapy The use of echocardiography and ...

Q: What are some common cardiac tests, and what can they tell my doctor about my heart? A: Echocardiograms, EKGs and cardiac stress tests are among the most commonly ordered tests to detect problems ...

There are limits in applying AI to images of the heart, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

1 Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Julius Center for ...

Echocardiograms. Stress tests. Cardiac calcium tests. You may well have had some or all of these. Your doctor may have recommended certain ones annually, even if you’re at low risk for heart disease.