Pages tagged: echocardiogram

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) recently recognized The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care’s Advanced Cardiac Sonographer Allison...

Texas Heart Institute’s Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE, recently concluded his term as President of the American Society of Echocardiography...

Palpitations: The perception of palpitations, or extra cardiac beats are also described as “fluttering in the chest, butterflies in the...

This is not an ideal situation. It is sometimes possible to get an exam sitting up, but depends on the...

The normal percentage of blood ejected from the heart is in the range of 50-70% depending on different factors. If...

Yes, frequent extra beats, especially if every other beat is a PVC, can have a negative impact on the function...

Dear Rick, Unless you are being screened for an inherited condition such as a cardiomyopathy or participating in a research...

A young athlete with a heart murmur needs a visit with a cardiologist. Probably, an echocardiogram is needed to certify...

Thanks for the question. RBBB is an electrical abnormality. It can be seen in normal cardiac condition. Please see your...

Outflow tract tachycardia is usually benign and is not associated with any structural heart disease. The PVC or VT typically...

It is understandable that this type of discrepancy in the echo reports could cause concern or mistrust. There are many...

It is unusual for so many ‘left-sided’ rare conditions to have affected your family (unicuspid aortic valve & hopoplastic left...