This article is a review on the role of stress echocardiography in valvular heart diseases, describing what the validated indications are, how to perform the test and the utility of performing this ...

Purpose: Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is estimated to affect over 20 million people worldwide, the vast majority being children in developing countries. Conventionally, auscultation has been used for ...

The influence of echocardiography on the number of cardiac catheterizations(CC) performed prior to cardiac surgery was assessed in a retrospective analysis comparing two 12 month periods(Jan.-Dec.

A simple imaging test may identify individuals who are at risk for having the gene for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that causes thickening of the heart and early sudden death, researchers ...

What’s a Transesophageal Echocardiogram? A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is a type of ultrasound test. Your doctor puts a tube down your esophagus with an ultrasound device that takes a series ...

For individuals with risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a long history of smoking, Dr Chowdhury stressed the importance of undergoing echocardiogram (ECHO) and ...

Training product provides healthcare practitioners, medical schools, and health systems with a simple, effective, and accessible program for mastering cardiac ultrasounds. BORDEAUX, France--(BUSINESS ...

A fetal echocardiography, similar to an ultrasound, can provide information on your baby’s heart structure. An OB-GYN may recommend a fetal echocardiography for reasons depending on the health of you ...

Low Hepatitis C Viral Load Predicts Better Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Irrespective of Serologic Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus Increased TRV was ...

Mrs MG is a 61-year-old patient who presented an inferior acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in July 2009. She received a bare metal stent in the proximal right coronary artery. No significant ...