Shortness of breath or fatigue? Cardiologist explains when you actually need an echocardiogram

An echocardiogram is a safe and non-invasive heart ultrasound that helps detect valve disease and cardiac dysfunction early. On National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, cardiologist Dr Raj Kumar ...
Healthline

What Is a Chemical Stress Test?

A chemical stress test uses medications to simulate your heart’s response to exercise. A stress test can assess how well your heart performs during exercise. Your doctor may suggest a stress test if ...
TCTMD

Poor Exercise Capacity on Stress Echo in Women Predicts Death From CVD

Higher functional capacity assessed by exercise stress echocardiography is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality in women, as well as with a lower risk of death from cancer and ...
Medscape

First New Guidance on Stress Echo in Almost 10 Years

September 19, 2007 (Rochester, MN) - New guidelines for the performance, interpretation, and application of stress echocardiography have been published in the September 2007 issue of the Journal of ...
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Stress echo tests shown to predict cardiac death, illness in higher-risk women

ST. LOUIS – New research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine may give doctors a way to predict life-threatening heart problems in women. The team studied 421 diabetic women between 49 and ...
News Medical

Patients with chest pain, abnormal stress test results need attention even if arteries are clear

Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not have blocked arteries often experience changes in their symptoms and stress test results over time, ...