April 5, 2012 (Stanford, California) — Left ventriculography is performed in most coronary angiography cases, even when the same information has already been obtained noninvasively, a study of Aetna ...

The algorithm performed well across different patient demographics and clinical conditions, including acute coronary syndromes and varying levels of renal function - patient populations that may be ...

A 75-year-old hypertensive woman with a family history of coronary artery disease and infrequent episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was admitted with a 2-hour history of epigastric pain. An ...

Doctors use a 50-year-old invasive heart imaging test known as a left ventriculography or left ventriculogram much too often, a Stanford University School of Medicine study concludes, adding ...

Background A 71-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain after an episode of acute emotional distress. Her serum levels of cardiac enzymes were slightly elevated and electrocardiography ...