The following is a summary of “Clinical value of calibrated abdominal compression plus transthoracic echocardiography to predict fluid responsiveness in critically ill infants: a diagnostic accuracy ...

If a doctor orders a transthoracic echocardiogram, the sonographer applies a gel to the chest and moves the transducer around the chest to obtain different images of the heart. A sonographer is a ...

A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care provider with a chief complaint of "feeling winded" for the last 3 weeks.

Patients and Methods: A group of 68 patients with CD and a control group of 60 healthy subjects were subjected to a transthoracic echocardiogram with Doppler study. Conclusions: These findings ...

This can be an important add-on to echocardiography in patients with a borderline need for intervention, researchers say.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Optison ™ (perflutren protein-type A microsphere) injectable suspension for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the ...

Using a machine-learned algorithm, Corvista's system can accurately diagnose pulmonary hypertension in a noninvasive way, a ...

Data demonstrates CorVista’s proprietary machine-learned algorithm detects elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ...

Mitral annular disjunction in mitral valve prolapse with mitral regurgitation was tied to a threefold increase in long-term ...

Diagnosis is made on transthoracic echocardiography. The 12-lead ECG will show an incomplete right bundle branch block with right axis deviation (in contrast to the priumum ASD which has a left ...