The primary purpose of the cardiac examination is to assess the structure and function of the heart as a muscular pump and to evaluate it for possible malfunctions. Because heart disease is so common ...

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to increased cardiovascular risk, but its association with carotid atherosclerosis in the general population is less well studied. We examined ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now show that a new examination method identifies high-risk plaques in the blood vessels surrounding the heart, that cannot be seen solely with traditional ...

Should a treadmill test (TMT), the ubiquitous part of a cardiac examination, be used for routine screening or as part of the executive health check-ups to rule out heart disease risk? No, it shouldn’t ...

A negative cardiac computed tomography angiogram (CTA)usually means adverse cardiac events are ruled out for a year after patients with chest pain are discharged. A negative cardiac computed ...

Note the initial jugular venous pulse level. Put your right palm and fingers just below the right costal margin and gently push down for about thirty seconds while noting the JVP during several ...