During the 3-year period, there were 82 negative preoperative DSEs. Patient demographics are outlined in Table I. There were no statistical differences between the two groups except for age. The ...

CONCLUSIONS Dobutamine echocardiography shows reduced sensitivity in predicting ... on stable angina in 35 patients (58%), angina at rest in nine (15%), a positive stress test in 11 (18%), and ...

Exercise and pharmacological (such as dobutamine or dipyridamole) stress echocardiography is well known to have excellent diagnostic accuracy for identifying ischaemia.2 There are some issues in the ...

Stress testing may be done for several reasons, but the most common is to determine whether there are blockages in the arteries in the heart that are severe enough to limit blood flow.

We all know stress messes with our heads, but did you know it can also wreak havoc on our bodies? Say hello to cortisol, the hormone released when stress hits, triggering that familiar “fight ...

As a result, says Aditi Nerurkar, a lecturer at Harvard University and author of The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience, around 96 percent of us are facing at ...

The goal: to de-stress. The Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture from 1st or 2nd century BC, talks about “pranayama”—a yoga practice of controlling the breath—and yoga texts from a few ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it would be testing big banks against heightened stress in commercial and residential real estate markets as part of the U ...

The safety and efficacy of contrast for stress echo was retrospectively analyzed in 42,408 patients from three centers. [7] The risks of both non-fatal myocardial infarction and death were very ...

Neighbours around the Lost in Seel Street location have spoken of “enormous stress and sleepless nights” amid alleged loud music and rowdy patrons leaving the site, formerly known as The Venue.

A coroner is investigating the death of a grandmother following a heart stress test at a Brisbane hospital which her family believe should never have been given. Yaqin Han, 69, went into cardiac ...