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When it comes to heart health, most people rely on the usual suspects , cholesterol numbers, blood pressure readings, maybe a stress test if things look off. But what if there’s a scan that could tell ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A deep learning algorithm quantified coronary artery calcium scores from routine chest CT scans. Patients with a ...

When we think about a cardiac arrest, we usually imagine dramatic scenes - chest pain, ambulances, and emergency surgeries. However, the truth is, for most people, heart disease is quietly brewing ...

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 ...

But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help reduce the risk. In addition to adopting healthier lifestyle habits, getting a specific ...

MONTREAL, Canada—Whether a patient undergoes coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening depends on the type of doctor they see, with large sex differences observed over the past decade at a single ...

Results of a coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan can augment risk prediction in younger adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk factors, especially diabetes, and support the use ...

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...