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 ...

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 ...

Heart disease is often called a “silent killer” for a reason—it develops quietly over years, often without symptoms, until it is too late. However, as per health experts, timely tests can help detect ...

Broad screening efforts to identify rheumatic heart disease (RHD) using echocardiography among schoolchildren can enable prompt care, randomized trial data from Nepal suggest. The clinical need is ...

An artificial intelligence program created explanations of heart test results that were in most cases accurate, relevant, and easy to understand by patients, a new study finds. The study addressed the ...

Several weeks after my collapse and head injury duringphysical therapy for my broken leg, I visited Cardiologist Dr. James Adlam. WATCH BELOW VIDEO: He thought ...

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 ...

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is diagnosed using cardiac testing, heart imaging, genetic testing, and biopsies.

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 81-year-old male who is in generally good health, except that I suffer from heart disease and acid reflux. My heart disease started in 1994 when I had three stents inserted, ...