A leaky heart valve ... of heart enlargement. Blood tests can also help rule out other conditions with symptoms similar to valve regurgitation. For complex cases, doctors may use MRI to get ...

to assess electrical activity Chest X-rays to evaluate heart size and lung blood flow Cardiac MRI for detailed imaging Cardiac catheterization to measure pressures within heart chambers Early and ...

More gadolinium sticks to damaged areas in the heart, shining brighter in the MRI image and enhancing abnormalities. The level of enhancement can be quantified. To find out if LGE predicted HCM ...

Their presentations were quite different, but the two patients shared one thing in common: iron overload. Both ended up in ...

Cardiac MRI with late gadolinium enhancement showed its shortcomings for detecting significant coronary artery disease in people with reduced ejection fraction in a prospective cohort study. (Heart) A ...

A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current testing methods, a new study has suggested. Experts have developed a new saliva test which analyses genetic variants in a man’s ...

A young boy with a cancer-like tumour in his brain is selling his old toys and books so he can visit his favourite cousin in ...

After last week’s essay about this disease condition, it has become necessary to help readers understand the peculiar nature of the organ.

Hone Hillman is selling toys to fund his first plane trip, a visit to his favourite cousin in Christchurch. The 9-year-old has a cancer-like tumour in his brain and is undergoing chemotherapy, ...

White arrows indicate the locations of the specified pathology in each panel. cMRI = cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; LGE = late gadolinium enhancement; LV = left ventricular; SAX = short-axis. He ...

Regular and long-term participation in intensive exercise (minimum of 4 h/week) is associated with unique electrical manifestations that reflect increased vagal tone and enlarged cardiac chamber ...

Myocardial perfusion defect was defined as a delay in myocardial perfusion that persisted for at least 5 consecutive phases in at least 1 myocardial segment during the first pass myocardial ...