Mercy Springfield has a new test to improve cardiac testing for patients.When it comes to cardiac stress tests, most people ...

A study by Emory cardiovascular researchers has paved the way for the development of a new cardiovascular reactivity risk ...

A study from Emory cardiovascular researchers, published recently in a leading health journal, has paved the way for the development of a new ...

[2,23] During a cardiac MRI stress test, left ventricular contractility, myocardial perfusion, coronary arterial blood flow, and myocardial metabolism are assessed. [2,3,23,24,25] To invoke ...

Researchers found an independent association between increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, and major CV events and coronary ...

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 ...

In the past, such symptoms might mean a treadmill stress test or a cardiac catheterization to diagnose the problem. That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans, MRI ...

In other cases, a more limited stress test is done to determine the safety of exercise. This is often done after a heart attack to determine which exercises a person can do as part of cardiac rehab.

Diagnosis. Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning syndrome). Management. The patient was monitored with cardiac telemetry. Metoprolol and ramipril were continued. A 54-year ...

Type D personality, common in people prone to stress, was an independent predictor of 3-year major adverse cardiac events. Risk was especially high when both the patient and spouse had Type D ...

A coroner is investigating the death of a grandmother following a heart stress test at a Brisbane hospital which her family ...