An electrocardiogram and echocardiogram (echo) are both noninvasive imaging tests that look at the functioning of your heart and can help identify heart disease. An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) and ...

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 ...

TEE is a diagnostic technique that allows doctors to obtain detailed images of the heart. It involves inserting a tube (probe) down the throat to reach the esophagus (windpipe). Generally, TEE is a ...

In a U.S. ED observation TIA cohort, transthoracic echocardiography identified high risk cardioembolic features in nearly 1 in 5, most often patent foramen ovale and reduced LVEF.

4 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Preparticipation screening, including history, physical examination and often a 12-lead ECG, aims to identify athletes with ...

New research highlights the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) for opportunistic screening of chronic liver disease (CLD) through routine echocardiography. “We hope that this algorithm enables ...