A cardiac stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity. Vienybe/Dreamstime/TNS Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider ...

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 ...

Over the years, cases of heart attacks and fatalities among youngsters have increased, mostly when they are exercising and working out in the gym. Heart attacks happen when blood pressure levels spike ...

A cardiac surgeon shares important health tests like ECG, ECHO, and CT Angio to detect heart problems early, reducing the risk of heart attacks and diseases. Heart disease is often called a “silent ...

Broad screening efforts to identify rheumatic heart disease (RHD) using echocardiography among schoolchildren can enable prompt care, randomized trial data from Nepal suggest. The clinical need is ...

Several weeks after my collapse and head injury duringphysical therapy for my broken leg, I visited Cardiologist Dr. James Adlam. WATCH BELOW VIDEO: He thought ...

An artificial intelligence program created explanations of heart test results that were in most cases accurate, relevant, and easy to understand by patients, a new study finds. The study addressed the ...

If taking your dog out for a walk or getting up the stairs feels harder than normal, your doctor may order something called a stress test. And the process is a bit different than you might expect. A ...

Cardiac testing is essential for diagnosing and managing heart disease. I asked Lee Health Heart Institute Cardiologist Robert Cross, M.D., to explain tests used for assessing heart function, ...

Deborah Chen, executive director at the Heart Foundation, described the machine, valued at just over US$33,000, as a well-needed one. She pointed out that the original machine used by the foundation ...

The carotid ultrasound takes just 15 to 30 minutes, involving a small handheld device gently passed over the neck ...