According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures. Cardiac positron emission ...

Doctors use cardiac imaging to diagnose many types of heart disease and heart problems, including cardiovascular disease (which includes stroke and high blood pressure) and coronary heart disease.

A new study suggests that routine cardiac testing of patients who come to the emergency department complaining of chest pain may not be warranted. It’s common for emergency care clinicians to order ...

LMH Health, 325 Maine St., is pictured in May 2021. LMH Health is adding innovative procedures that could make a big difference for cardiac patients in our community. From the removal of ...

(Reuters Health) – - Due to shortages of a radioactive substance used in exercise stress tests, more heart patients have needed complex invasive procedures, new research shows. Doctors inject the ...

Heart disease continues to be one of the leading health concerns in India, making timely diagnosis and expert treatment more important than ever.

Intense light therapy after surgery can increase a critical protein that protects heart tissue while lowering levels of troponin, a protein indicating heart damage that's linked to higher mortality in ...

Patients who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography were more likely to later have invasive cardiac procedures and higher costs compared to patients who underwent stress testing, according ...

Radiation doses during coronary artery disease testing varied widely based on global region, with patients in lower-income ...