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Cardiac testing is essential for diagnosing and managing heart disease. I asked Lee Health Heart Institute Cardiologist Robert Cross, M.D., to explain tests used for assessing heart function, ...

Heart failure is a serious condition that develops when the heart cannot pump enough blood to supply the body with oxygen. It often develops slowly, and early signs can be hard to detect. One of the ...

Systolic congestive heart failure involves the left side of your heart losing its ability to pump effectively. Common ...

The test, which is not yet widely available, is being developed so that it can eventually be used at the point-of-care. A simple scoring system could revolutionise how doctors prevent heart attacks ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...