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 75 who ...

(HealthDay News) – Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has limited long-term predictive value for patients with diabetes who are unable to perform an exercise stress test, particularly during the ...

Your health care provider has ordered a stress test for your heart. No problem, you think; you’ve seen people walk on treadmills before. In fact, you used the one in your basement a few times, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PCI conferred the greatest improvement in stress echocardiography score in patients with low fractional flow ...

Mr PC is a 58-year-old patient and has been regularly monitored for 2 years for severe asymptomatic AS. The patient also has hypertension, that is well-controlled by bisosprolol 2.5 mg. The patient ...

A stress test can be used to assess one’s heart condition and rule out underlying cardiac disease. The test’s primary purposes are to: • Determine the likelihood of having coronary heart disease and ...

Oct. 18, 2002 — The dobutamine/atropine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stress test may be useful to forecast risk of myocardial infarction (MI), according to a report in an Oct. 14 rapid access ...