Category: Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
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Dartless Delight: GLPS Energizes Heart Exam with Passion!
Unraveling the Heart’s Melody: GLPS – Where Pixels Paint Poetry In the grand orchestra of cardiac diagnostics, where stethoscopes serenade with their rhythmic beats and electrocardiograms hum their electric tunes, there emerges a peculiar yet profound melody: the Global Longitudinal Strain Pattern (GLPS). It’s akin to deciphering a cryptic sonnet composed by the heart itself,…
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Heart’s Crossroads: Triumph after Surgery’s Bumps – What’s Next?
The Curtain Raiser (Prepare for the show!) Picture this: You’re driving down the highway of life, and suddenly you hit a detour or a dead end. It’s frustrating, right? Now, imagine the same happening in the world of heart medicine, where you’ve already gone through cardiac surgical procedures like Coronary angioplasty (Percutaneous Intervention – PCI)…
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The Mystery of the Speckled Band
Unraveling the Heart with STE Diving deeper into this comparison, imagine if Sherlock Holmes had swapped his magnifying glass for an echocardiogram probe and his deerstalker hat for a lab coat. That’s Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) in a nutshell—a modern-day sleuth in the bustling metropolis of Cardiology. STE – The Heart’s Detective With STE, Specialists…
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Hey, can I skip that cardiovascular catwalk?
In days of yore, we’d slice and dice, oh so bold, Angioplasty, bypass, stories often told, But today, we’ve got a different card to play, Medicines and techniques, leading the way. No need for scalpels, surgeries galore, We’re embracing remedies like never before, So let’s toast to health, and the wisdom we’ve gained, In the…
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Broken Hearts Club: The Misconception and Mayhem of Mixing Up Heart Failure and Heart Attacks
In chambers deep, where beats resound, A true heart’s ailment, lost, then found. Pills and potions mend the seams, Where science heals the physical dreams. Yet, in shadows of the same refrain, Lies a pain not eased by medicine’s gain. A soul’s deep wound, time must mend, For broken hearts, love must send. The Prelude…
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ISCHEMIA EXTEND trial
You wanna know more of this fantastic, game-changer study? Sure! Let’s break down this abstract into simpler terms. We’ll walk the talk about two important studies in heart health and what they’re trying to find out. This is a bit like a detective story in the world of medicine, where doctors are trying to figure…
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Heart Failure
Excerpt Heart failure, a global health issue, occurs when the heart can’t pump blood efficiently, leading to decreased oxygen and nutrient supply to organs. It’s more than a singular condition; it’s a spectrum of disorders affecting the heart’s blood supply ability. Systolic heart failure (Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF), a common type, happens…
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“Time is Heart”!
Comprehensive Heart Checkup: Your Guide to a Healthy Heart Excerpt Comprehensive heart checkups are essential for maintaining heart health and are the cornerstone of preventive care. As heart diseases are a leading cause of mortality globally, early detection through regular checkups is critical for preventing severe complications. A heart checkup includes a series of tests…