A cardiac stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity. Vienybe/Dreamstime/TNS Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider ...

Q: What are some common cardiac tests, and what can they tell my doctor about my heart? A: Echocardiograms, EKGs and cardiac stress tests are among the most commonly ordered tests to detect problems ...

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 ...

Recently I provided an overview of my experience with the coronary calcium scan, a comfortable, non-invasive, and inexpensive test that allows docs to see inside heart arteries. The test determines ...

For this painless test, an ultrasound technician uses a handheld wand on the outside of your neck. It makes sound waves that bounce off the tissue inside the carotid artery in your neck to create ...

Over the years, cases of heart attacks and fatalities among youngsters have increased, mostly when they are exercising and working out in the gym. Heart attacks happen when blood pressure levels spike ...

A cardiac surgeon shares important health tests like ECG, ECHO, and CT Angio to detect heart problems early, reducing the risk of heart attacks and diseases. Heart disease is often called a “silent ...

If taking your dog out for a walk or getting up the stairs feels harder than normal, your doctor may order something called a stress test. And the process is a bit different than you might expect. A ...

Doctors use heart tests to diagnose or monitor different heart conditions. They include blood tests, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, and coronary angiograms. Doctors use these tests to diagnose ...

The use of rest echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure increased significantly over a recent 10-year period, growing at a rate that was disproportionate to the ...