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The Northside Hospital System (Northside) is a hospital network in the Atlanta area of Georgia in the United States. [1] Its specialties include oncology, gynecology, neurology, orthopedic surgery, and gastroenterology. Northside operates five hospitals across the metro area: Northside Hospital Atlanta, Northside Hospital Cherokee, Northside ...
Patient portals are healthcare -related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night. Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites and sell their ...
A coronary CT calcium scan is a computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart for the assessment of severity of coronary artery disease. Specifically, it looks for calcium deposits in atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries that can narrow arteries and increase the risk of heart attack. [1] These plaques are the cause of most heart ...
cardiology, rheumatology: rheumatic fever: mid-diastolic rumble Carnett's sign: John Berton Carnett: primary care, surgery: abdominal mass and/or pain: Am J Med Sci 174 (1927): 579–599: supine patient lifts head from bed;↑ pain – abdominal wall ;↓ pain – intraperitoneal Carvallo's sign: José Manuel Rivero Carvallo: cardiology ...
Insertable cardiac monitor. Purpose. record heart electrical activity. An implantable loop recorder (ILR), also known as an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM), is a small device that is implanted under the skin of the chest for cardiac monitoring, to record the heart's electrical activity for an extended period. [1]
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Northside Hospital Atlanta (originally Northside Hospital; sometimes Northside Atlanta) is a hospital serving the metro Atlanta area located in the "Pill Hill" neighborhood in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Opened in 1970, the hospital is the flagship and original location of the Northside Hospital System; as of 2023, it has 621 beds and employs 2,300 ...
Myocardial perfusion imaging. Myocardial perfusion imaging or scanning (also referred to as MPI or MPS) is a nuclear medicine procedure that illustrates the function of the heart muscle (myocardium). [1] It evaluates many heart conditions, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), [2] hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and heart wall motion abnormalities.