How to reduce heart attack risk? Cardiac surgeon reveals 3 most important tests that can save your heart

A cardiac surgeon shares important health tests like ECG, ECHO, and CT Angio to detect heart problems early, reducing the ...
Cleveland.com

Common heart tests can tell your doctor a lot: Health Matters

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 ...
The Courier-Journal

Could an echocardiogram stress test help prevent a heart attack? Possibly. What to know

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Stress echo tests shown to predict cardiac death, illness in higher-risk women

ST. LOUIS – New research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine may give doctors a way to predict life-threatening heart problems in women. The team studied 421 diabetic women between 49 and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Amazon Echo and other voice assistants can be trained to hear cardiac arrest

Commercially available smartphones and smart speakers could be trained to recognize breathing sounds indicative of cardiac arrest, then call for help, according to a proof-of-concept study published ...
Medscape

BNP test cheaper, maybe as predictive as Doppler-echo in HF predischarge risk assessment

Houston, TX - Risk assessments in heart-failure patients about to be discharged can save money without compromising effectiveness when based on the brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay rather ...