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A new study suggests that coronary artery calcium scans are most beneficial for people at intermediate risk of heart disease.

A calcium score can be a warning sign of heart disease but it does not tell you how badly an artery is blocked. Here s why a ...

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 ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only ...

A 10-year study of more than 6,000 adults found that popular coronary calcium scans may add little to standard heart disease risk estimates for many people. But for patients with borderline or ...

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 ...

Baltimore, MD - A new study comparing exercise radionuclide scintigraphy with multidetector computed tomography (CT) as a screening tool for asymptomatic CAD has found only a modest agreement between ...

There was no difference in major cardiovascular events when statin initiation was based on coronary artery calcium compared ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for heart disease was increased in people with a coronary artery calcium score of more than 0 and elevated ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening holds up for cardiovascular risk prediction in a population with high lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]), with the two serving as independent risk factors, an observational ...

A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score continues to be an accurate indicator of ...