Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures: News and Research on Heart Function Tests

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Smart radar device warns of serious heart issues

Dr. George Shaker has huge hopes for a small radar device he developed with a team of researchers at the University of Waterloo. An engineer who has pursued the possibilities of radio waves for more than 20 years, Shaker ...

Walking exercises improve stroke rehab

Stroke patients leave the hospital with better prospects if they're forced to hoof it more during recovery, a new study suggests. The new research was presented at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting in Los Angeles.

Chemotherapy side effects can include risks to the heart

In children, can being treated for cancer have consequences for the heart—namely, cardiac arrythmias? A new study by researchers at Université de Montréal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Centre provides ...

Becoming a mother despite pregnancy-induced heart failure

Peripartum cardiac insufficiency (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening condition that can affect previously heart-healthy women a few weeks before or after the birth of a child. For unknown reasons, the left ventricle is ...

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