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 ...

In modern cardiology, one of the greatest challenges is not treating heart attacks-but identifying silent coronary artery disease before the first event occurs. Many individuals appear ...

A zero Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) score is often considered a reassuring sign of heart health, but experts caution that it ...

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a new study published in Radiology. Researchers said the ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

I’m an 80-year-old male who doesn’t drink or smoke, exercises regularly, and takes telmisartan for blood pressure and rosuvastatin for cholesterol. I’ve never had any heart issues except for a ...

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] was ...

I've never had any heart issues except for a diagnosis of arteriosclerosis.

A score of 1-99 indicates a mild case of plaque, a score of 100-299 a moderate case, and a score of 300 or more a high case. The risk of a coronary event in the overall population generally parallels ...

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a ...