The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. Graduate students ...

is an ultrasound imaging test used to visualize the movement and function of the heart muscle. The test is non-invasive and can be helpful in diagnosing specific forms of heart disease, however, it ...

The heart muscle requires a continuous supply of oxygen and nutrients to function effectively. A heart attack typically ...

What started as a strange sensation in her chest the morning of May 17 of last year ended in a five-day hospital stay for ...

chronic coronary disease cardiac catheterization and angiography quality and outcomes of care This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ...

An assessment was made of cardiac function by means of right heart catheterization before and immediately after conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in 11 studies on 10 human subjects.

Experiences with 450 transseptal left heart catheterizations are reviewed. There were no mortalities in this series, and the only significant complication was accidental puncture of the aorta in three ...

Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart can’t pump as well as it should. This may happen when the heart muscle becomes weak or stiff. As a result, it doesn’t deliver enough blood to ...

Obesity influences the thresholds, but even in nonobese patients with dyspnea, optimal cutoffs may be lower than recommended.

When documenting balloon inflation, the single shot function should be used if available ... a 10-year period (2000–2009). Conducted at Cardiac Cath Lab, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet ...

FAPI PET—can detect the first signs of tissue remodeling in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), providing ...

The University of Cincinnati's Pooja Khatri spoke with Medscape on a new American Heart Association advisory recommending ...