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Articles and links related to cardiac testing

Articles and links related to cardiac testing
Diagnosing Heart Disease
tests commonly used to diagnose heart disease
Articles on Common Heart Tests
A series of basic articles on common heart tests.
An ECG library
An on-line library of ECGs representative of various cardiac conditions - collected and posted by two physicians
Preparing for the EP study
A guide for patients from Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY
Stress testing
A description from Internet Medical Education, Inc.
Cardiac tests
This chapter from the Yale Medical School Heart Book gives an excellent description of catheterization. Requires Adobe Acrobat.
Stress testing in CAD screening
The use of stress testing in screening for coronary artery disease
Echocardiography - general information
A concise description for patients
General information about the ECG
A brief review of the essentials
Angioplasty and stenting
Nicely illustrated primer for patients
CT Scans after Bypass Surgery
A review of CT scans after bypass surgery.
Transesophageal echo
What you need to know before having this test performed
The ECG learning center
A tutorial aimed approximately at the level of nurses
Basic electrophysiology - a brief course
An on-line tutorial in basic electrophysiology, by Bard Electrophysiology
Merck Manual on noninvasive diagnostic procedures
This chapter includes a useful section on echocardiography
An ECG Tutorial
Just the basics, from NYU.
Introduction to electrophysiologic testing
Electrophysiology study from HeartCenter Online

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