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 journal of the ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 58-year-old woman. My coronary artery calcium score was 69. Can this be treated? I learned that people with a high calcium score will likely have cancer. -- N.W. ANSWER: The ...

A recent study suggests published in The Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) provided only modest improvement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A low coronary artery calcium score was tied to fewer heart attacks and strokes vs. a high score in patients ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium score -- a noninvasive way to measure plaque ...

AJR: Routine visual ordinal coronary artery calcium assessment on all chest CT examinations could identify a large number of patients who might benefit from preventive therapies Leesburg, VA, April 26 ...

Extensive coronary artery calcium associated with composite primary outcome, all-cause death, cardiovascular events. (HealthDay News) — Among individuals undergoing low-dose chest computed tomography ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a head-to-head comparison, coronary artery calcium score improved CV risk discrimination and a polygenic risk ...

WASHINGTON, DC—The degree of coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging may help identify nondiabetic patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis and a high body mass index (BMI) who will ...