S1 and S2 are normal heart sounds ... One standard test is an echocardiogram (echo), a noninvasive ultrasound of the heart that uses sound waves to produce images. An echocardiogram shows how ...

A heart murmur is a sound often characterized as a "whooshing" or rushing of fluid that can be heard between heartbeats. As ...

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is 55% to 70%, meaning the heart pumps out at least half of the blood in its ...

The presentation will depend on the severity as well as the type of CHD the child is suffering from,” says Dr Siti, stressing ...

Athletes with other cardiac abnormalities on ECG and echocardiography One further athlete (table 2; athlete 3) was diagnosed with a mild variant of apical HCM, due to disproportionally thickened ...

A rare case of cor triatriatum was diagnosed in a 34-year-old woman using transoesophageal echocardiography after initial transthoracic echocardiography findings suggested right heart abnormalities.