Primary care nurse practitioners were found to use low-value care at lower or relatively similar rates compared with the general clinician population.

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most essential tools in modern medicine, used to detect heart problems ranging from ...

After reviewing your medical history and performing a physical exam, your healthcare provider may order one or several of the following tests and procedures: Chest X-ray: This can detect ...

The first chest pain hit Heather Bardeleben as she pored over a spreadsheet while working late into the evening at her suburban Chicago home. When her husband, Bill Bardeleben, suggested she lie down, ...

It has also been possible to obtain long-term ambulatory ECG recordings ... Several markers of atrial or atrioventricular nodal abnormalities such a intervals of P wave, PR, terminal velocity ...

An angiography is usually ordered if other tests, such as an EKG, show abnormal results. This test is usually done in a hospital. Using a catheter, your provider will inject a contrast dye into your ...

The higher difference between ECG-age and chronological age was related to more comorbidities and abnormal ECG rhythm. The cases with the difference of more than 7 years had higher risk on the ...