Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coronary artery calcium score of more than 300 is risk equivalent to established atherosclerotic CVD.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using visualized coronary calcium scoring independently reduced plaque progression among patients at ...

A CAC score of zero is one of the strongest indicators of low short-term heart risk. But what if your LDL is high? This ...

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 ...

A vendor-neutral Agatston score that addresses variability in coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring across CT scanner types improves classification of an individual’s future risk of cardiovascular ...

Irvine, CA - The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is a predictor of coronary heart disease not just in whites but also in blacks, Hispanics, and Chinese, a new analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of ...

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 ...

Atherosclerosis is the accumulation of cholesterol, fats, and other substances in and on the artery walls. These accumulations are referred to as plaque, which causes narrowing of the arteries that ...

Heart disease almost always seems to come unannounced and mass media projections tend to reiterate this. Despite the fact that medical technology has evolved considerably, the onset of heart disease ...

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 ...