Dr. James Stein answers the question: 'Role Of Ultrasound Stress Testing?' — -- Question: What is the role of ultrasound stress testing? Answer: One of the mainstays of evaluating and managing ...

New research shows that doing a simple ultrasound scan of the carotid artery significantly improves the prediction of heart disease, giving doctors a better clue of who is at high risk for a heart ...

Hand-held ultrasound provided a more accurate diagnosis of common CV abnormalities compared with physical examination, researchers found. The new study included 250 patients referred for a standard ...

Repeat exams using widely available and inexpensive ultrasound imaging could help identify patients at high risk for a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular events, according to a new study.

(HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected cardiac abnormalities, handheld ultrasound (HHU) is more accurate for diagnosis than physical examination, according to a study published online ...

MADISON, Wis. — What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease? That is now possible in places other than the sickbay of the starship Enterprise ...

Repeat exams using simple and inexpensive ultrasound can help identify patients at high risk for a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular events, according to a group of researchers. The team ...

Purpose: The incidence of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is approximately 1 in 5,000 births, and accounts for 5–30% of all heart defects, making it one of the more common genetic conditions in the ...

Over six in every ten serious heart defects in fetuses go undetected in the ultrasound scans given to all pregnant women. According to research, one reason why malformations are not found is obesity ...

Correspondence to Dr David J Berkoff, Department of Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055, USA; david_berkoff{at}med.unc.edu The use of point-of ...