Emmy’s first Christmas: A heart healed in Huntsville

This Christmas will be extra joyful for one little girl!One-year-old Emmy is home and healthy after doctors at the Huntsville ...
Healthline

How Is an Echocardiogram Used to Diagnose and Manage Tricuspid Regurgitation?

An echocardiogram is the primary diagnostic tool used for tricuspid regurgitation. Also called a diagnostic cardiac ultrasound, this test uses ultrasound technology to produce images of your heart’s ...
KTBS

Advanced cardiac imaging to improve patient care

SHREVEPORT, La. - There are many different diseases that affect the heart, so it's important for doctors to rely on advanced testing and diagnosing tools to better help patients. Images often used by ...
TCTMD

Core Competencies Defined for Echo, Cardiac CT in Structural Interventions

With the growing volume of structural heart interventions, two cardiac-imaging teams have published core competency papers regarding the use of echocardiography and cardiac CT as well as the necessary ...
Urbana Daily Citizen

Clark State offers new echocardiography certificate to sonographers

Megan Platfoot, assistant professor at Clark State College, demonstrates echocardiography technology that students will train ...
TCTMD

Echo Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kids Gets a Boost

Broad screening efforts to identify rheumatic heart disease (RHD) using echocardiography among schoolchildren can enable prompt care, randomized trial data from Nepal suggest. The clinical need is ...
Healthline

What’s the Difference Between an Echocardiogram and Electrocardiogram?

An electrocardiogram and echocardiogram (echo) are both noninvasive imaging tests that look at the functioning of your heart and can help identify heart disease. An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) and ...