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Mike Fackelmann had no reason to think he had heart disease. Although his cholesterol was a touch on the high side, he had never experienced any chest pains and had just passed a stress test with flying colors. So last November, when a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Hospital asked the then 49-year-old registered nurse to help demonstrate an experimental new cardiac scanner, neither the physician nor Fackelmann expected to see anything out of the ordinary. The idea was simply to slide Fackelmann through the machine and show what finely detailed images of the heart it could...
...million people go to the hospital each year complaining of chest pain. Most of them are not suffering a heart attack, but it can be very tricky to separate out which ones have indigestion or a strained muscle from those who have something much, much more dangerous. A noninvasive test that shows whether or not the cardiac blood vessels are blocked could help make the diagnosis a lot easier. "We used to say to patients who came in with chest pain [and no other signs of cardiac disease], 'I don't think you have coronary disease,'" says Dr. Mario Garcia...
...trouble is that there's no single type of scan that easily and inexpensively shows you everything you need to know about the heart. In addition, some tests are better at evaluating anatomy--the physical structure of the heart--while others tell you more about how well various parts are working. Doctors need to know both kinds of information before deciding the best course of treatment. Frequently, a new set of answers raises new questions, however, which require more extensive testing. The ultimate goal, cardiologists say, is to find the single test that provides "one-stop shopping" and eliminates...
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...Aqaba to the Roman ruins of Jerash and back. This year, 55 cars and 150 people from Europe, the U.S. and South America are registered for the two-week circuit that takes in some of Jordan's most beautiful sights, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Mount Nebo?a robust test for the vehicles...