Echocardiography
Echocardiography (EK-o-kar-de-OG-rah-fee) or echo is a painless test that uses sound waves to create moving pictures of your heart. The pictures show size and shape of your heart. It shows how well your heart's chambers and valves are working. Echo also can pinpoint areas of heart muscle that aren't contracting well because of poor blood flow or injury from previous heart attack. Echo can detect possible blood clots inside heart, fluid buildup in pericardium (the sac around the heart), and problems with aorta. Aorta is main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body. Doctors are also use echo to detect heart problems in infants and children. Transthoracic and fetal echocardiography (echo) have no risks. These tests are safe for adults, children, and infants. If you have transesophageal echo (TEE), some risks are associated with medicine given to help you relax. For example you may have a bad reaction to medicine, breathing problems, and nausea (feeling sick to your stomach). Your throat also might be sore for a few hours after test. Rarely tube used during TEE causes minor throat injuries. Stress echo has some risks, but they're related to exercise or medicine used to raise your heart rate, not the echo. Serious complications from stress tests are very uncommon. Go to the Health Topics Stress Testing article for more information about the risks of that test.
High Impact List of Articles
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The effect of statin therapy on coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by computed tomography
Darryl Wan, A. Yashar Tashakkor, Jonathon Leipsic, Paolo Raggi and G.B. John Mancini* Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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The effect of statin therapy on coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by computed tomography
Darryl Wan, A. Yashar Tashakkor, Jonathon Leipsic, Paolo Raggi and G.B. John Mancini* Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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PREdiction of ST deviations in lead aVR as a noninvasive tool to predict the infarct-Related coronary artery in patients with acute Inferior-wall Myocardial Infarction (The PREST-RIMI Study)
Santosh Kumar Sinha*, Vikas Mishra, Ramesh Thakur, Mukesh Jitendra Jha, Amit Goel, Ashutosh Kumar, Chandra Mohan Varma, Vinay Krishna, Avinash Kumar Singh and Rupesh Sinha Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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PREdiction of ST deviations in lead aVR as a noninvasive tool to predict the infarct-Related coronary artery in patients with acute Inferior-wall Myocardial Infarction (The PREST-RIMI Study)
Santosh Kumar Sinha*, Vikas Mishra, Ramesh Thakur, Mukesh Jitendra Jha, Amit Goel, Ashutosh Kumar, Chandra Mohan Varma, Vinay Krishna, Avinash Kumar Singh and Rupesh Sinha Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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Left ventricle unloading during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Svitlana Strunina and Petr Ostadal* Reviews: Current Research: Cardiology
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Left ventricle unloading during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Svitlana Strunina and Petr Ostadal* Reviews: Current Research: Cardiology
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Antiplatelet and anticoagulant nonuse for acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: An analysis from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002-2010
Ankur Sethi*, Rohit R Arora and Sandeep Khosla Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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Antiplatelet and anticoagulant nonuse for acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: An analysis from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002-2010
Ankur Sethi*, Rohit R Arora and Sandeep Khosla Original Article: Current Research: Cardiology
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself*
Robert B Kalina Message from Editor-in-chief: Current Research: Cardiology
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself*
Robert B Kalina Message from Editor-in-chief: Current Research: Cardiology
Conference Proceedings
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Case Study: Osseointegrated fractured implant with intermediary pilar and protetic crow
Alida Lucia Cardoso Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Dentistry: Case Report
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Case Study: Osseointegrated fractured implant with intermediary pilar and protetic crow
Alida Lucia Cardoso Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Dentistry: Case Report
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Druggability analysis and classification of bacterial histidine kinase
Mohammad Al Sorkhy Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Current Research: Integrative Medicine
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Druggability analysis and classification of bacterial histidine kinase
Mohammad Al Sorkhy Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Current Research: Integrative Medicine
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Can we predict medium term mortality from transvenous lead extraction pre-operatively?
Nadir Elamin, Khan M, Bowes R, Sahu J, Sheridan P, Rogers D, Kyriacou N, Kelland N and Lewis N ScientificTracks Abstracts: Current Research: Cardiology
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Can we predict medium term mortality from transvenous lead extraction pre-operatively?
Nadir Elamin, Khan M, Bowes R, Sahu J, Sheridan P, Rogers D, Kyriacou N, Kelland N and Lewis N ScientificTracks Abstracts: Current Research: Cardiology
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Integrative remedial care of irritable bowel syndrome
Senthamil R Selvan Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Current Research: Integrative Medicine
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Integrative remedial care of irritable bowel syndrome
Senthamil R Selvan Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Current Research: Integrative Medicine
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Influenza A virus-induced IL-6 storm is regulated by SOCS3
Ji-Long Chen, Ruoxiang Yan, Jing Ouyang, Biao Chen and Xiancheng Zeng Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Journal of Sexual & Reproductive Medicine
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Influenza A virus-induced IL-6 storm is regulated by SOCS3
Ji-Long Chen, Ruoxiang Yan, Jing Ouyang, Biao Chen and Xiancheng Zeng Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Journal of Sexual & Reproductive Medicine
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