cardiac tests

Heart disease, No. 1 killer, can sneak up on women

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 07/05/2011 - 01:10

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Heart disease can sneak up on women in ways that standard cardiac tests can miss....


 

Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less exp...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sat, 11/14/2009 - 23:00

(American Heart Association) Postmortem testing to identify mutations associated with sudden cardiac death is less expensive than comprehensive cardiac tests for surviving relatives.

Many insurers cover comprehensive cardiac tests of surviving relatives, but few cover postmortem testing.