According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures. Cardiac positron emission ...

(Reuters Health) – - Due to shortages of a radioactive substance used in exercise stress tests, more heart patients have needed complex invasive procedures, new research shows. Doctors inject the ...

A new television in the cardiology stress lab at Selkirk Regional Health Centre is helping make cardiac testing a little less ...

In November, The Lancet published an international expert consensus review, "Contemporary, non-invasive imaging diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease," that shows using CT coronary angiography ...

Patients who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography were more likely to later have invasive cardiac procedures and higher costs compared to patients who underwent stress testing, according ...

Radiation doses during coronary artery disease testing varied widely based on global region, with patients in lower-income countries being exposed to higher doses vs. those in higher-income countries, ...

Heart disease continues to be one of the leading health concerns in India, making timely diagnosis and expert treatment more important than ever.