For patients, there's much less anxiety compared to a cardiac cath, says Steiner. "There is minimal risk with CTA. And the results are over 95% accurate." An echo test involves ultrasound-- high ...

Approximately 30–50% of patients with heart failure have normal or near normal left ventricle function. Several epidemiological studies confirm that the prevalence of heart failure with normal ...

The influence of echocardiography on the number of cardiac catheterizations(CC) performed prior to cardiac surgery was assessed in a retrospective analysis comparing two 12 month periods(Jan.- ...

Thickening of the valve was present in all 65 cases. Other cardiac lesions identified by echo-Doppler were moderate sized atrial septal defect (four), bicuspid aortic valve (four), ventricular ...