Diagnostic Tests

Offers information about diagnostic procedures used to identify conditions and diseases. Features discussions and links to related articles.

Features overviews of current detection methods used for diagnosis. Features short articles and links to related publications.

An online database of over 400 highresolution still and video echocardiographic images, together with explanatory text and live ‘pubmed’ abstract links. A separate database describes the echocardiographic parameters of over 300 prosthetic heart valves in the mitral and aortic positions.

Provides a noninvasive, objective, accurate and quantified assessment of possible cardiac failure.

Patient information from the US National Institutes of Health, with a guide to the procedure and its uses.

Offers goals and results of a project to determine efficient use of digital compression for storage of patient records online or for transmission between medical units. From the University of Birmingham, UK.

Offers goals and results of a project to determine efficient use of digital compression for storage of patient records online or for transmission between medical units. From the University of Birmingham, UK.

A collection of electrocardiograms, categorized by condition or abnormality as well as an overview of ECG axis and history.

Information on Electron Beam CT Scanning that can detect coronary artery disease in its earliest, most treatable stages. Provided by Abbott Northwestern Hospital/Minneapolis Heart Institute.

Discusses clogged or narrowed arteries in the legs due to atherosclerosis and where to find screening locations across the country. (USA)