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Sandra Tierney

Sandra Tierney, MD, is a cardiologist with a community medical group in Newport, Rhode Island. She evaluates patients and reviews diagnostic echocardiograms and cardiac stress tests. Tierney practiced general internal medicine before completing her cardiology fellowship, and she focuses on helping individuals understand their clinical imaging reports and diagnostic results.

What Causes Global Hypokinesis of the Heart?Heart & Lungs
Left Ventricular Systolic Function Is Hyperdynamic Heart & Lungs
What Does Borderline T Abnormalities Mean?Tests
What Does a Mild Left Atrial Volume Index Mean?Tests
What Is Elevated LVEDP and What Does It Mean?Tests
Diastolic Dysfunction Echo: Interpreting Your Results Tests
Does Atrial Fibrillation Affect Ejection Fraction?Heart & Lungs
What Is a Non-Specific T Wave Abnormality?Tests
What Is High Lateral Repolarization Disturbance?Tests
Myocardial Infarction Classification and Its Different Types Heart & Lungs
Procainamide Challenge: Procedure, Risks, and Results Tests
Irregular Heartbeat & Abnormal Pulse Oximeter Waveform Analysis Heart & Lungs
What Are the Common Underlying Causes of PEA Arrest?Heart & Lungs
What Causes Borderline Repolarization Abnormality?Heart & Lungs
What Does Pulmonary Vascular Congestion Mean?Heart & Lungs
What Is Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion?Heart & Lungs
Is Right Heart Strain the Same as Cor Pulmonale?Heart & Lungs
What Is an Apical Perfusion Defect on a Heart Scan?Tests
Non-Specific ST-T Wave Changes: Is It Normal?Tests
Diagnosing an Aortic Dissection With an Echo Tests
What a Calcium Score of 1000 Means for Your Heart Tests
What Causes Abnormal R Wave Progression Early Transition?Heart & Lungs
What Does LVH With Secondary Repolarization Abnormality Mean?Heart & Lungs
Endocardial Fibroelastosis: Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment Heart & Lungs
HFimPEF: Breakthroughs in Ejection Fraction Improvement Heart & Lungs
What Is Brugada Syndrome? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Heart & Lungs
What Are the Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis?Tests
Pentalogy of Cantrell: Causes, Diagnosis, and Outlook Bones & Muscles
How to Treat a Right Ventricular Conduction Delay Heart & Lungs
What Is a Troponin Leak and What Are the Causes?Tests