Learn the essential facts about systolic heart failure affecting 6.5 million Americans. Recognize warning signs and ...

Objective: To assess cardiac output in pediatric patients with the pressure recording analytical method (PRAM) and the Doppler echocardiography method. PRAM derives cardiac output from beat-by ...

or symptoms of congestive heart failure or of low cardiac output. Echocardiography is also indicated in asymptomatic patients with a significant systolic murmur. Calcific aortic stenosis in ...

Diagnosis is clinical, based on hypotension with a large pericardial effusion; however, echocardiography can ... reducing left heart cardiac output and thus decreasing systemic pressure ...

The left atrial appendage does not contribute, to a large degree, to overall cardiac output. Left atrial appendage thrombus is diagnosed on transesophageal echocardiography, as thoracic views are ...

The National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) and Inteleos have established the Cardiovascular Imaging Coalition (CVIC) to streamline the maintenance of certification (MOC) process for physicians ...