Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

An echocardiogram is a test that shows detailed pictures of your heart. There are many types, and they're performed in different ways. (Photo credit: E+/Getty Images) An echocardiogram is a test that ...

This article is a review on the role of stress echocardiography in valvular heart diseases, describing what the validated indications are, how to perform the test and the utility of performing this ...

When the body moves, it's harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track heart activity. But University of Missouri researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this ...

An echocardiogram is an ultrasound image of the heart. Echocardiograms can help doctors diagnose a range of heart problems, such as heart failure, blood clots in the heart, and heart valve disease.

Mrs MG is a 61-year-old patient who presented an inferior acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in July 2009. She received a bare metal stent in the proximal right coronary artery. No significant ...