When it comes to protecting your heart, preventative testing is key. Keeping track of important metrics like blood pressure ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis that confers increased risk of atherosclerotic ...

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. In the United States, it's estimated that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. These are scary statistics, but there's one test that can give ...

Cardiologists often struggle to assess heart attack risk. New startups using AI could help.

CHI Health St. Francis recently added coronary calcium scan technology to its radiology services. Coronary Calcium Computerized Tomography can detect coronary artery disease before symptoms start. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to recent controversy about CT heart scans, a new report says doctors shouldn't be doing so-called repeat calcium scans on a routine basis. Such scans reveal buildup ...

A coronary artery calcium scan offers crucial insights into heart disease prevention, revealing actual plaque buildup beyond ...

Preventive cardiologists have a wonderful tool for noninvasively identifying plaque (atherosclerosis) in the arteries to the heart: the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan. Since 1/3 of Americans die ...

(WISH) — A simple scan that costs $99 could predict a heart attack. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women in the United States, and affects all ages, races and genders. The U.S. Centers ...

Incidental coronary artery calcium (CAC)—often at substantial levels as quantified by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm—is commonly found on nongated computed tomography (CT) chest scans done ...