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Despite constant improvements within the field of medical ultrasound, there are still a considerable number of difficult-to-image patient. Echocardiograms (heart images) taken from these patients do not have the quality that is needed for correct diagnosis. Therefore it is important to further improve the quality of echocardiograms.
Researchers discovered over 140 genetic changes associated with atrial fibrillation, a common, adult-onset cardiac arrhythmia. The results were surprising in that they also identified a number of genes that control heart development in the fetus.
Blogger: Jahn Frederik Grue, medical student. Using an application developed at NTNU, helps physicians detect more patients with reduced heart function when assessing heart…
Blogger: Ali Fatemi, PhD Candidate Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS), Department of circulation and medical imaging Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the…
Predicting the risk of heart problems and the need for prolonged respirator treatment after heart surgery is now possible before the patient enters the…
Certain inflammation markers seem to be related to increased risk of ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris and heart attack), according to three studies conducted…