More Heart Imaging & Rhythm Tests News

• Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure

  Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- New research provides more evidence that a new type of ...

• Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- A computerized chest scan successfully singles out those people coming ...

• Heart Screening Not Effective for Type 2 Diabetics

  April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Routine screening for coronary artery disease is of no value ...

• Study Questions Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages

  March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Some people considered normal under current screening guidelines for peripheral ...

• New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition

  March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting a promising new test for quick diagnosis ...

• Study Brings Value of Echocardiography Into Focus

  February 11 (HealthDay News) -- The advanced imaging technique called contrast echocardiography had a significant ...

• Experts Urge Limits on Use of Cardiac CT Scans

  February 2 (HealthDay News) -- Certain kinds of heart imaging tests should be used cautiously ...

• MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

  January 20 (HealthDay News) -- The first images of post-heart attack bleeding within the heart ...

• CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

  November 26 (HealthDay News) -- Expensive, high-tech CT devices that produce 64-slice images of arteries ...

• EKG Not Strong Predictor of Heart Risk

  November 13 (HealthDay News) -- Performing an electrocardiogram (EKG) -- the standard test for measuring ...

• Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk

  August 19 (HealthDay News) -- Inexpensive ultrasound imaging may be a simple way to help ...

• Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

  July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Including an electrocardiogram in screenings for heart disorders in competitive ...

• ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk

  June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalized heart failure patients who have a longer than normal ...

• New Computerized Scans Effective for Spotting Clogged Arteries

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The new generation of cardiac scanners is almost as reliable ...

• Death Rate High in Drug-Coated Stent Trial

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly a third of patients who had drug-coated stents implanted ...

• Molecule Signals Heart Disease in Early Stages

  July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A molecule that could be a powerful new marker for ...

• High-Tech Imaging Might Advance Heart Disease Diagnosis

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Software that combines information from two imaging technologies -- single ...

• High-Tech Images Can Reveal Stent Status

  May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Newer multislice computed tomography scanners can yield images that show ...

• U.S. Experts Aim for Better Heart Imaging

  TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A national panel of experts have developed an "action ...