This study shows that differences in heart rate between the stress and rest sestamibi myocardial perfusion scans are associated with indices of left ventricular volume such as the TID ratio. A direct ...

Background A 64-year-old male was observed as an outpatient with atypical, non-exercise-induced chest pain and palpitations. He had arterial hypertension and marked concentric left ventricular ...

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in many developing countries, and prevalence of the disease is increasing as economic conditions change. Early detection and prognosis using ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

The study cohort consisted of 407 patients, of whom 169 (42%) had normal perfusion and systolic function (Group 1) with the remaining 238 (58%) having abnormal perfusion and/or systolic function ...