LIEGE, Belgium — Patients treated with radiotherapy to the chest for Hodgkin's disease, or breast, lung, or esophageal cancer, should have an echocardiogram every five to 10 years to detect ...

Dr. Pikul Patel, the Bastrop medical director with Ally Medical, joined Studio 512 Co-Host Rosie Newberry to talk about stress echocardiograms (ECG). “It is a test used to see how your heart works ...

Heart disease is becoming increasingly common and can affect people of all ages. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it remains the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming nearly 17.9 ...

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 ...

AI-generated audio summary; not verified by the edit team. Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading global health threat, often progressing silently. Dr. Dmitry Yaranov recommends specialized heart ...

Heart imaging tests provide a picture of the heart, blood vessels, and surrounding tissue to help diagnose and monitor conditions that affect this organ. A doctor can use the images from these tests ...