Calcium testing in coronary arteries (coronary calcium tests) is a better way to predict heart attack risks, reveals a new study. Coronary calcium tests can help predict heart attack risk better, ...

Researchers have found that incorporating underused, but available, imaging technologies more precisely predicts who's at risk for heart attacks and similar threats -- in time to prevent them.

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have found that incorporating underused, but available, imaging technologies more precisely predicts who's at risk for ...

A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, ...

Irvine, Calif. - Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting ...

Chicago, IL - In a recent study designed to assess the prognostic accuracy of coronary calcification and its relationship to standard coronary disease risk factors in the prediction of atherosclerotic ...

For decades now, heart researchers have been tallying a list of risk factors that can increase the development of heart disease: smoking, being overweight, having high cholesterol, having high blood ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Among attendees at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting that took place here last weekend, most seemed to agree on the value of using ...

Ionized calcium measurements are more accurate for establishing calcium status and diagnosing hyperparathyroidism than total calcium quantification, according to researchers from Australia. Routine ...